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Risk Factor Assessments

What is Your Risk?

Lady with health chartA risk factor can be any activity, lifestyle behavior, food, genetic predisposition, or environmental exposure that increases a person's chance of developing a disease. A risk factor does not necessarily cause the disease, but it may make the body less resistant to it.

There is no one single cause for cancer. Scientists believe that it is the interaction of many factors together that produces cancer. 

Risk Assessments: