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The site began in 1998 as a pen and paper questionnaire called the Harvard Cancer Risk Index. [2] In January 2000, The Harvard Cancer Risk Index developed into an online assessment and was renamed Your Cancer Risk, and offered assessments for four cancers: breast, colon, lung, and prostate. Six months later, eight additional cancers were added. [3]
A Mediterranean diet - with added olive oil - can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women by two-thirds, a study has suggested. The diet, which involves a combination of food groups from ...
Choline is present in breast milk and is commonly added as an ingredient ... Olive oil: 0.29 Pear: 5.11 Peanut: 52.47 ... Studies on prostate cancer have been ...
It asks about age, age at first menstrual period, age when the woman’s first child was born or if the woman has not given birth, family history of breast cancer, past breast biopsies, results of ...
Prostate cancer is the second-most frequently diagnosed cancer in men, and the second-most frequent cause of cancer death in men (after lung cancer). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Around 1.2 million new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year, and over 350,000 people die of the disease, annually. [ 2 ]
Nearly half of women over 40 have dense breasts, which bring an elevated risk of breast cancer and also tend to mask it in screenings. Women will now be notified about breast density after mammograms.
An increased intake of trans fatty acids may raise the risk of breast cancer by 75%, suggest the results from the French part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. [93] [94] Diabetes: There is a growing concern that the risk of type 2 diabetes increases with trans fat consumption. [8]
Based on her own family history of breast cancer and her breast density, 10 years ago, Berg said that she determined for herself that she had a 19.7% lifetime risk of developing the disease.