Cancer Prevention

“Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the risk of getting cancer. This can include maintaining a healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to known cancer-causing…”.1

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What may the Cancer Prevention Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • Cancer Prevention
  • Cancer Risk
  • Cancer and Prevention
  • Ways To Reduce Cancer
  • Ways To Reduce Cancer Risk

Cancer Prevention

What is cancer prevention?

DotS the definition of cancer prevention may vary. In Causes and Prevention the (United States) National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) definition is:

“Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the risk of getting cancer. This can include maintaining a healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to known cancer-causing substances, and taking medicines or vaccines that can prevent cancer from developing”.2

Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity

What is the World Cancer Research Fund’s and the American Institute for Cancer Research’s Third Expert Report Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Perspective published in May 2018?

In Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Perspective the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research explain:

“The Continuous Update Project (CUP) is the world’s largest, most authoritative and up-to-date source of scientific research on cancer prevention and survivorship through diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer”.3

Prevention

How may cancer be prevented?

In Cancer Prevention Recommendations the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research elaborate on the topics:

Cancer Prevention

  • “Be a healthy weight…
  • Be physically active…
  • Eat whole grains, vegs, fruit & beans…
  • Limit “fast” foods
  • Limit red and processed meat…
  • Limit sugar-sweetened drinks…
  • Limit alcohol consumption
  • Do not use supplements for cancer prevention…”.4

In Cancer Facts for Women: What Else You Can Do To Help Reduce Your Cancer Risk the American Cancer Society (ACS) explain:

  • “Stay away from tobacco
  • Get to and stay at a healthy weight
  • Get moving with regular physical activity
  • Follow a healthy eating pattern that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and that limits or avoids red/processed meats, and highly processed foods
  • It’s best not to drink alcohol. If you do drink, have no more than 1 drink per day for women
  • Protect your skin
  • Know yourself, your family history, and your risks
  • Have regular check-ups and cancer screening tests”.5

Health Care Provider

What if I would like to lower my risk of cancer?

If you would like to lower your risk of cancer, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this. The NCI note:

“Avoiding cancer risk factors may help prevent certain cancers. Risk factors include smoking, being overweight, and not getting enough exercise. Increasing protective factors such as quitting smoking and exercising may also help prevent some cancers. Talk to your doctor or other health care professional about how you might lower your risk of cancer”.6

In Cancer Facts for Women the ACS explain:

“Some of the cancers that most often affect women are breast, colorectal, endometrial, lung, cervical, skin, and ovarian cancers. Knowing about these cancers and what you can do to help prevent them or find them early (when they are small, haven’t spread, and might be easier to treat) may help save your life”.7

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  13. BRCA Gene Test for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk
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  15. Bioidentical Hormones: Are They Safer?
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  29. Cancer Council Australia
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  32. Cancer Prevention Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version
  33. Cancer Prevention Recommendations: Limit Alcohol Consumption
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  36. Cancer Prevention and Control: Healthy Choices
  37. Cancer Prevention and Control: How To Prevent Cancer or Find It Early
  38. Cancer Prevention: 7 Tips To Reduce Your Risk
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  54. Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Perspective [World Cancer Research Fund International]
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  60. For Cancer Prevention Don’t Rely on Supplements
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  75. NCI Fact Sheets [National Cancer Institute, United States]
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  80. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: How Safe Is This Product or Practice?
  81. National LGBT Cancer Network
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  94. Women’s Wellness: Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Updated [United States] [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
  95. World Cancer Day 4 February: I Am and I Will World Cancer Day 2021
  96. World Cancer Research Fund International
  97. World Cancer Research Fund UK [United Kingdom]
  98. World Cancer Research Fund [United Kingdom]: Our Cancer Prevention Recommendations
  99. World Cancer Research Fund [United Kingdom]: What Can Increase Your Risk of Cancer?
  100. World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research: Cancer Prevention Recommendations

Sources

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Sources

  1. Causes and Prevention. National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention Accessed: 03 June 2021
  2. Causes and Prevention. National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention Accessed: 03 June 2021
  3. Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Perspective. World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research https://www.wcrf.org/diet-and-cancer/ Accessed: 03 June 2021
  4. Cancer Prevention Recommendations. World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research https://www.wcrf.org/diet-and-cancer/cancer-prevention-recommendations Accessed: 03 June 2021
  5. Cancer Facts for Women: What Else You Can Do To Help Reduce Your Cancer Risk. Last Revised: 30 July 2020. American Cancer Society https://www.cancer.org/healthy/findcancerearly/womenshealth/cancer-facts-for-women Accessed: 03 June 2021
  6. Skin Cancer Prevention–Patient Version (PDQ): Skin Cancer Prevention – Avoiding Risk Factors and Increasing Protective Factors May Help Prevent Cancer. Updated 23 April 2021. National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov/types/skin/patient/skin-prevention-pdq#section/_16 Accessed: 03 June 2021
  7. Cancer Facts for Women. Last Revised: 30 July 2020. American Cancer Society https://www.cancer.org/healthy/findcancerearly/womenshealth/cancer-facts-for-women Accessed: 03 June 2021

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