Cancer Prevention

Preventing cancer starts with making good choices about your health and the health of your family. Get to know your body and see your doctor if you notice any changes. Learn about how to reduce your cancer risk from the Canadian Cancer Society and about cancer prevention from Cancer Care Ontario.

• Get Immunized: Vaccines help reduce cancer risk. The human papillomavirus HPV vaccine helps prevent most cervical cancers and some vaginal and vulvar and anal cancers. The hepatitis B vaccine can help reduce liver cancer risk.
• Follow Canada's Food Guide and eat 7-10 servings of vegetables and fruit every day.
• Be active every day and follow Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
• Get to a healthy body weight and stay at that weight.
• Stay tobacco-free by refraining from using cigarettes and other types of tobacco such as chew and snus, cigars and cigarillos, and/or waterpipe (hookah/shisha).
• Limit the amount of alcohol you drink: To reduce cancer risk the Canadian Cancer Society advises 1 drink a day for women and 2 drinks a day for men.
  
• Avoid over exposure to the sun, tanning beds, and wear sunscreen - be sun safe!
• If you have a family history of any type of cancer, or other concerns, talk to your doctor.