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Calculate your cancer risk

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Calculating an individual's cancer risk is a complex task and requires obtaining detailed information on many factors, including age, gender, family history of cancer, ethnic background, skin complexion, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, exposure to occupational and environmental carcinogens, exposure to radiation, dietary habits, and reproductive health history. Here is a brief questionnaire with a checklist of the most important lifestyle factors that you can do something about in terms of reducing your risk of cancer.

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  1. Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly? (say, more than 100 within a period of 2 months)


    2. No      Yes

  2. Have you ever smoked cigars or pipe tobacco regularly? (say, more than 10 times in 6 months)


    3. No      Yes

  3. If you were ever a regular smoker, how many cigarettes a day do you smoke / used to smoke, on average? (count cigars and pipe smoking as 1 for every 5 cigarettes, for example, 2 cigars / day is equivalent to 10 cigarettes / day)


    4. never smoked      less than 5      5-9      10-20      more than 20

  4. If you stopped smoking, how long ago did you stop smoking?


    5. more than 10 years or never smoked      6-10 years      1-5 years      less than 1 year      I still smoke

  5. Has there ever been a period in your life when you drank beer, wine or liquor at least once a week?


    6. No      Yes

  6. Has there ever been a period in your life when you drank beer, wine or liquor at least once a day?


    7. No      Yes

  7. Do you try to maintain a well-balanced diet that includes foods with high content of fibre, vitamins and minerals and little or nothing of those that are high-fat?


    8. Yes, rigorously      Yes, most days      Yes, but only when I have the opportunity      I find it difficult to maintain a well-balanced diet

  8. Do you sunbathe regularly, at the beach or by the swimming pool?


    9. No, never or very rarely      Yes, once a year on holidays      Yes, a few times a year

  9. When you sunbathe, do you wear protection? (hat, T-shirt, sunscreen lotion rated 15-30)


    10. Yes, always      Yes, but not frequently      No, not at all

  10. Do you have regular check-ups with your doctor as prescribed for your age and gender? (for example: women 18-65 years should get Pap tests every year and mammography screening every year after age 50; men should be checked for colon and prostate cancer according to your province's recommended cancer prevention program)


    11. Yes, always      Yes, but not frequently      No, not at all



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