While many factors can increase your risk of developing cancer鈥攕uch as age, family history, and environment鈥42 percent of new cancers might be preventable. HealthCentral invited a panel of top cancer experts, including Marleen I. Meyers, MD, clinical associate professor in the and director of the Survivorship Program at 麻豆国产AV Langone Health鈥檚 Perlmutter Cancer Center, to discuss how cancer develops and ways to reduce your risk of developing certain cancers.
鈥淐ancer is scary, and we all want to know how not to get it. While we don't know all about what causes cancer, we do have a pretty good idea about some important risk factors,鈥 Dr. Meyers says. 鈥淚t is important for consumers to know about these because it allows people to be proactive rather than live in fear and feel helpless.鈥
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