Risk Factors and Cancer

Drinking alcohol raises your risk of getting six kinds of cancer. All alcoholic drinks are linked with cancer.

Tell your doctor about your family health history to find out if you may have a higher cancer risk.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes almost all cervical cancers and several other kinds of cancer.

Being overweight or having obesity are linked with a higher risk of getting 13 types of cancer.

Tobacco use can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body. Quitting can lower your risk.

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are preventable events that may lead to trauma (emotional or physical pain) and occur before age 18.