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01/10/25 Public Health Education Topic: Cancer

Per CDC, you can lower your risk of getting many common kinds of cancer by making healthy choices. Screening tests can find some cancers early, when treatment works best. Vaccines (shots) can help prevent several kinds of cancer.

To learn more about ways to help prevent cancer, visit: Preventing Cancer | Cancer | CDC


Understand what risk factors you may have. Some examples of risk factors for cancer are alcohol, family health history, human papillomavirus (HPV), obesity, and tobacco.

To learn more about cancer risk factors, visit: Cancer Risk Factors | Cancer | CDC


To learn more about specific types of cancers, please visit: Types of Cancer | Cancer | CDC



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