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PreventionACS Cancer Prevention Blueprint Targets Controllable Risk Factors
This second chapter in the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Blueprint describes what we know about risk factors for cancer. It provides strategies people can use to help avoid those risk factors. It also offers strategies that cities, states, and communities can use to help people avoid them. It's co-authored by staff researcher Susan Gapstur, PhD, MPH, senior vice president of Behavioral and Epidemiology Research.
Who Should Get the HPV Vaccination and Why
The HPV vaccine can protect people from getting the types of HPV infections that cause 6 different kinds of cancer. The vaccinations work best when given to people when they’re young.
What You Need to Know About Testing for Cervical Cancer
During the past several decades, screening – testing for cancer before symptoms develop – has reduced deaths from cervical cancer, as doctors have been able to find cancer early and treat it, or prevent it from developing.
2018 in Review: Top 10 Cancer News Stories
In 2018 we published stories about new findings in cancer risk factors, prevention, treatment, and survivorship issues. Our writers and editors have chosen the 10 most significant stories that made headlines on cancer.org this year.
Year in Review: Cancer Research Insights from 2018
Read highlights about American Cancer Society research from 2018.
The HPV Vaccine: A Powerful Way to Help Prevent 3+ Cancers in Women
World HPV Infection Expert, Anna Guiliano, PhD, says, we may be able to eliminate cervical cancer in the U.S. because we have effective screening tests and guidelines for how often they need to be done, as well as vaccines to prevent the infections that cause damage, called lesions, to cells in the cervix. She offers reminders and tips to parents and adult women and men about how they can protect themselves from all cancers related to HPV.
Get a Healthy Back-to-school Start
Put health on your back-to-school planning list this year. Vaccinations, nutritious lunches, and sleeping right are all part of the equation.
A Cancer Control Report Card and Blueprint
This first chapter in the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Blueprint sets up the steps to take in the future to lower the incidence and death rate of cancer by looking at what's led to success in the past. It's delivered by staff researcher Rebecca Siegel, MPH, scientific director of surveillance information.