Eight updates about how lifestyle affects cancer risk, outcomes

Lifestyle choices can contribute considerably to a person’s cancer risk, as well the outcomes they achieve after they are diagnosed with a malignancy.

HemOnc Today presents eight updates about the associations between cancer and diet, physical activity and other lifestyle choices.

The adoption of healthy lifestyle practices may prevent a large proportion of cancers and considerably reduce cancer mortality in the United States, according to results of a prospective cohort study. Read more
Greater physical activity before and after cancer diagnosis significantly decreased risk for prostate cancer-specific mortality, according to an analysis of the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. Read more
Nearly one-third of breast cancer cases among white women in the United States could be prevented if women avoided smoking and drinking, did not use menopausal hormone therapy and maintained a lean body mass. Read more
Coffee no longer should be classified as carcinogenic to humans, according to a working group from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer. Read more
Maintaining good oral hygiene may lead to a modest reduction in the risk for head and neck cancer. Read more
The adoption of a low-fat dietary pattern significantly reduced the risk for death from any cause after breast cancer diagnosis. Read more
Men who exercise regularly and have healthy diets can considerably reduce their risk for developing lethal forms of prostate cancer. Read more
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