Cancer self-assessment is easy to do

Could you be at risk of developing cancer? Find out by taking our online cancer risk assessment.

MD Anderson developed Cancer Risk Check to help community members like you.

Cancer Risk Check calculates your chances for cancer based on your gender, race, health history and lifestyle habits. After completing a short questionnaire, you’ll receive customized suggestions for lifestyle changes and cancer screening exams that may help you prevent cancer.

10 pieces help solve cancer puzzle

I’ve had a couple of opportunities to speak with Dr. Mendelsohn, president of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas during my days as a breast cancer patient there.

Like all the people at MDACC, Dr. Mendelsohn is an amazing person and passionately dedicated to curing cancer once and for all. This article is a wonderful primer on just what you need to know about cancer, and how to prevent it. Another important point: to cure cancer we need great doctors, researchers and technicians. That requires a good education and a solid background in mathematics and sciences in our schools.

If you think that because your children or grandchildren are grown and gone - and therefore you don’t need to worry about paying for education in your community - what about the kid that might excel at math and science to become the doctor that puts your cancer into remission and perhaps cures it ( See item #5 below).

Is that worth the price? I was for me and still is.

Read what he has to say:

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Cancer patients and dietary supplements

“If you are a cancer survivor, consult your doctor about any dietary supplements you’re taking. Some research suggest that large amounts of zinc or antiocidants, for example may actually promote the recurrent of certain cancers.

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