Pedigree construction is an important component of cancer risk assessment and comprehensive genetic care. Pedigrees must be updated and reevaluated on a regular basis. Complete pedigrees are needed to select genetic tests and interpret genetic testing results accurately, as well as to enroll...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe smoking and obesity prevalence among male and female cancer survivors in the United States. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Household interviews. Sample: 9,753 survey respondents who reported ever having a malignancy, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers...

Background: Lung cancer screening with low-dose helical computed tomography (LDCT) can improve high-risk individuals’ chances of being diagnosed at an earlier stage and increase survival. Objectives: The aims of this article are to present the risk factors associated with the development of lung...

Background: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Most diagnoses occur in developing countries where cases are detected in later stages with poorer prognoses. Cervical cancer is a preventable disease; however, most women in developing and resource-limited countries...