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General Information

What You Need To Know About™ Cancer: Risk Factors

Cancer Risk: Understanding the Puzzle

Food

Acrylamide in Food and Cancer Risk

Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Fluoridated Water: Questions and Answers

Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats

Study Links Meat Consumption to Gastric Cancer

Genetics

Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice

Hormones

Women & Cancer: Pregnancy, Contraceptives, and Post-menopausal Hormone Use

DES (Diethylstilbestrol)

Radiation

Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer Risk

Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers

No Excess Mortality Risk Found in Counties with Nuclear Facilities

Radioactive I-131 from Fallout

Radon and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Radiation Risks and Pediatric Computed Tomography (CT): A Guide for Health Care Providers

Interventional Fluoroscopy: Reducing Radiation Risks for Patients and Staff

Risk Assessment Tools

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool

Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

Tobacco

Smoking Home Page

Smokeless Tobacco

Weight and Physical Activity

Energy Balance: Weight and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Physical Activity and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Workplace/Environment

Cancer and the Environment

Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers

Benzene Causes Lowered Blood Cell Counts in Workers Exposed at Low Levels: Questions and Answers

Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Agricultural Health Study: Questions and Answers

Agricultural Health Study

Cancer Clusters

Other Topics

Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Psychological Stress and Cancer: Questions and Answers

Scientists Find Link Between Pre-1970s Diagnostic X-rays for Scoliosis and Breast Cancer Mortality

Silicone Breast Implants Are Not Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers

Vasectomy and Cancer Risk

Simian Virus 40 and Human Cancer: Questions and Answers

Research on Cancer Causes and Risk Factors

Childhood Cancers: Questions and Answers

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch

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