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Find the answers for these and other questions in this course.

Genetic background, environmental factors and behaviors are factors that determine the individual risk to diseases. Knowing heredity, avoiding risk exposures and adopting healthy behaviors are the best way to prevent disease.

Recording the cases of disease in a family tree will allow you to identify whether there is a hereditary context, predisposing to an increased risk for developing the disease.

More than one option, prevention should be a consistent, informed and planned attitude. Being aware of possible signs and symptoms of disease and knowing the recommendations for screening, vaccination and surveillance are the most effective prevention strategy.

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Cancer Statistics 2019

In 2019, 1,762,450 new cancer cases and 606,880 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States.

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Cancer Breath Test

A Cancer Research UK-funded scientist, Professor Rebecca Fitzgerlad, from the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of Cambridge

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Cancer Immunotherapy

The cancer immunotherapy is an approach that removes the barriers that protect cancer cells from a patient's immune system

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Graphene Biosensor

A team of scientists from the University of Exeter has developed a new technique that could create a highly sensitive graphene