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Volume 4, Issue 3
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The Majority of Cancers Are Linked to the Environment

Reported by Nancy Nelson
June 17, 2004

One of the hopeful messages from cancer research is that most of the cases of cancer are linked to environmental causes and, in principle, can be prevented. Together, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have recently published a new booklet titled "Cancer and the Environment," which focuses on the agents in the environment that cause cancer and what we can do to lower our cancer risk. Environmental causes include both lifestyle factors such as smoking and diet, as well as exposure to agents in the air and water. The following interview with Aaron Blair, Ph.D., the chief of the Occupational Epidemiology Branch in NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, will address the contribution of various agents to our overall cancer burden.


Cancer and the Environment

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Breast Cancer and the Environment Studies Supported by the National Cancer Institute

Reported by Nancy Nelson
June 17, 2004

The National Cancer Institute supports a large research portfolio which identifies environmental risk factors for breast cancer and explores biological pathways that link exposures to cancer and the genetic factors that affect a person's susceptibility to cancer.


Breast Cancer and the Environment

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