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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(20):1634-1636; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.20.1634
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 20, 1634-1636, October 18, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

NEWS

Efforts Aimed at Risk Communication Flourish

Nancy J. Nelson

"Determining health risk is a science. Communicating risk information remains an art," said Barbara Biesecker, a genetics counselor at the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Md. People like Biesecker hope that mastering the art of risk communication will translate into improving the public’s health.

That’s exactly what the researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health are trying to do with their new Web site, http://www.yourcancerrisk.harvard.edu —let the public know what lifestyle changes they can make to lower their risk of cancer.

"We estimate that 50% of all cancer can be prevented," said Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H., at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Mass., and one of scientists who developed the site. "Our risk assessment tool explains to people how their habits affect their risk and offers a road map to show them which changes in their lifestyle will have the biggest impact on their health."



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