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Cancer prevention

Scientific Session

Cancer prevention

Cancer prevention:

Cancer prevention involves strategies aimed at reducing the risk of developing cancer. Key approaches include:

1. Lifestyle Modifications: Adopting healthy habits such as maintaining a balanced diet, regular physical activity, avoiding tobacco, limiting alcohol consumption, and practicing sun safety.

2. Screening and Early Detection: Regular screenings such as mammograms, Pap tests, colonoscopies, and skin checks can detect cancers at early stages when treatment is most effective.

3. Vaccination: Vaccines like HPV and hepatitis B vaccines can prevent infections linked to certain cancers.

4. Environmental and Occupational Safety: Minimizing exposure to carcinogens in the workplace and community settings also plays a critical role in cancer prevention efforts.

Tracks:
Behavioral Interventions
Screening and Early Detection Programs
Vaccination Initiatives
Environmental and Occupational Health Policies