Causes of cancer and reducing your risk

Around 4 in 10 cancer cases in the UK (2015) could be prevented through healthy changes.

Find out how to reduce your risk of cancer with our health quiz.

If you smoke, stopping is the best thing you can do for your health and to reduce your cancer risk.

Keeping a healthy weight reduces the risk of 13 different types of cancer.

Staying safe in the sun and avoiding sunbeds reduces the risk of melanoma skin cancer.

Being more active can help us keep a healthy weight and reduce the risk of cancer.

You can’t catch cancer, but some infections such as HPV can increase your risk.

Air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer, but in the UK the risk is relatively small. 

Some inherited faulty genes can increase your risk of cancer.

Some jobs can affect people’s risk of cancer.

Cancer is more common as we age.