Cancer Prevention Tips

Peer Review Status: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Information Service

Introduction

Each month the staff of the Cancer Information Service at the University of Iowa's Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center publishes Cancer Prevention Tips for its broad group of readers. Cancer Prevention Tips have been compiled for readers to have a broad collection of guidelines for living healthier, cancer-free lives.

Cancer Prevention Tips:

• Coping with the Holidays as a Caregiver (December 2010)
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (November 2010)
• Breast Cancer Screening: A personal choice made with your doctor
• Why Should You Be Concerned About Radon? (April 2010)
• Colon Cancer (March 2010)
• Radon Alert (January 2010)
• Coping with Cancer During the Holidays (December 2009)
• Benefits of Quitting Smoking (November 2009)
• Risk of Lymphedema for Breast Cancer Survivors (October 2009)
• Gynecology Cancers Awareness Month (September 2009)
• All Childhood Cancer Surviors Should Be Followed by a Doctor (August 2009)
• Which Sunscreen Is Right for You? (July 2009)
• Why Should I Participate in a Clinical Trial? (May 2009)
• Do I Live in a Cancer Cluster or Belt? (April 2009)
• Colon Cancer-Get Screened (March 2009)
• Products with Hormone Ingredients (February 2009)
• Cervical Cancer (January 2009)
• Selenium or Vitamin E Does Not Prevent Prostate Cancer (December 2008)
• Does Eating Sugar Cause Cancer? (November 2008)
• Breast Cancer Risk (September 2008)
• Agent Orange Exposure Increases Prostate Cancer Risk (August 2008)
• Tracking Progress in the Fight Against Cancer (July 2008)
• Testicular Cancer Awareness (June 2008)
• Melanoma and Skin Cancer Prevention (May 2008)
• April Is Cancer Control Month (April 2008)
• March is Colorectal Cancer Month (March 2008)
• Cancer in the African American Community (February 2008)
• HPV and Men (January 2008)
• Understanding Your Cancer Risk (December 2007)
• For Kids, One Cigarette Is All It Takes (November 2007)
• Breast Cancer and Genetic Testing (October 2007)
• New Developments in Prostate Cancer Research (September 2007)
• Lymphoma Awareness (August 2007)
• The Short Term Benefits of Quitting Smoking (June 2007)
• The Iowa Tobacco Tax, Help for Iowa's Smokers (May 2007)
• Cancer Control (April 2007)
• Colorectal Cancer Awareness (March 2007)
• Thyroid Awareness (January 2007)
• Holiday Cheer and Cancer Prevention (December 2006)
• Secondhand Smoke (November 2006)
• Prostate Cancer Prevention (October 2006)
• Leukemia Prevention (September 2006)
• Clinical Trials (August 2006)
• Sun Safety (July 2006)
• Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Awareness (June 2006)
• Colon Cancer Prevention (May 2006)
• Head and Neck Cancer Prevention (April 2006)
• Cancer Prevention: Part 2 (March 2006)
• Cancer Prevention (February 2006)
• New Cervical Cancer Vaccine (January 2006)
• Breast Cancer Prevention (October 2005)
• Smoking Cessation: Prevent Cancers Other Than Lung (November 2005)
• Sneaking in Exercise this Holiday Season (December 2005)
• Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk
• Alcohol: Weighing the Benefits and Risks
• Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer
• Asbestos and the Risk of Cancer
• Benzene and Its Link to Cancer
• Broad-Spectrum Ultraviolet Radiation
• Carcinogens and How They Are Brought to Light
• Cellular Phones and Cancer Risk
• Cervical Cancer Prevention
• Cigars and Cancer Risk
• Colon and Rectal Cancer Prevention
• Colorectal Cancer Prevention
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Discarded Cell Phones: A Cancer Risk Factor?
• Exercise and Cancer Prevention
• Family History and Cancer
• Formaldehyde
• Hair Dyes and Cancer
• Heavy Drinking and Cancer Risks
• Helicobacter Pylori
• Hereditary Cancers
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• "Light" Cigarettes
• Lycopene and Prostate Cancer Prevention
• New Tools to Diagnose Breast Cancer
• Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
• Ovarian Cancer Protective Factors and Risk Factors
• Pesticides
• Preventing Breast Cancer
• Processed Meat and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
• The "Pros" and Cons of Indoor Tanning
• Prostate Cancer
• Radiation and Cancer Risks
• Radon and Cancer
• Safer Grilling
• Secondhand Smoke
• Simian Virus 40
• Smoking Cessation
• Sun-Protective Clothing
• Teeth Whiteners and Mouth Cancer
• Virtual Colonoscopy
• Viruses and Cancer