Cancer ranks second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States,
making it a tremendous burden in years of life lost, patient suffering, and economic costs …

Background Lifestyle-related diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
some cancers represent the greatest global health threat. Greater insight into health needs …

Breast cancer remains a major health problem among Canadian women. Efforts directed at
primary prevention of the disease are limited. Secondary prevention through screening …

BACKGROUND The involvement of the breast by lymphoma is a rare form of extralymph
node lymphoma and represents either primary disease or systemic involvement. The …

This study examined the associations of susceptibility, conceptualized as both a cognition
(risk) and as affect (worry) and their possible interaction, with cancer screening behaviors …

PURPOSE The efficacy of prostate cancer screening is uncertain, and professional
organizations recommend educating patients about potential harms and benefits. We …

Background: Most women are not getting regular mammograms, and there is confusion
about several mammography-related issues, including the age at which women should …

Even though survival and quality of life are adversely affected by smoking among cancer
patients, about one‐third of cancer patients who smoked prior to their diagnosis continue to …

Even though continued smoking by cancer patients adversely affects survival and quality of
life, about one third of patients who smoked prior to their diagnosis continue to smoke after …

Abstract Background: The National Cancer Institute's Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and
Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial was designed to examine whether annual …