cancer risk
Malignancy probability factor
Cancer risk is the likelihood of developing cancer, whether in general or from specific causes.
Lifestyle factors like smoking, diet, and sun exposure affect cancer risk, as do genetics and environmental exposures.
Medical discussions often frame choices in terms of raising or lowering cancer risk: Processed meat increases cancer risk, Regular screening helps catch cancer early in high-risk populations.
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
- secondhand smokeAmbient cigarette exhalation others inhale
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- radonRadioactive inert gas
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
precancerous lesions · hormone therapy · lifestyle factors · heredity · oncogene · benzene · HPV · chronic inflammation · BRCA1 · pesticides · asbestos · aflatoxins · epigenetics · dietary fiber · obesity · processed food · DNA damage · cell mutation
- Genetic Riskgenetic marker, genetic testing, genetic counseling, gene mutation, predisposition
- radiation effectsradiation sickness, health effects, hair loss, nausea, vomiting
- arsenic pollutionarsenic, arsenic poisoning, groundwater pollution, water contamination, drinking water
- Radiotoxicityalpha particles, radioactive decay, radiation sickness, carcinogenic, DNA damage
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
- health risksobesity, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, air pollution