Cancer Insight Lab
Interactive tool

Cancer Risk Awareness Check

Answer a few everyday questions to see how established risk factors — the ones covered in the Risk Explorer — apply to you. This is a learning tool, not a diagnosis.

Cancer risk is shaped by many things: genes, age, habits, and the environment. Most single factors nudge risk up or down a little; what matters is the whole picture over years. Use this check to spot habits worth talking about with a parent, school nurse, or doctor.

About you
Age group
Most cancers become more common with age; teens have low absolute risk.
Sex assigned at birth
Some cancers occur only or mostly in one sex; this only tailors follow-up screening topics.
First-degree relative diagnosed with cancer before age 50?
First-degree = parent, sibling, or child.
Everyday habits
Do you use tobacco (cigarettes, vape/e-cigarettes with nicotine, cigars, or smokeless)?
In a typical week, how many alcoholic drinks?
One drink ≈ 355 ml beer, 150 ml wine, or 45 ml spirits.
Physical activity per week
WHO recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate activity per week for adults; teens need about 60 minutes per day.
How would a clinician describe your current weight?
Body weight relative to height; ask a clinician if unsure.
Diet pattern most weeks
Exposures & environment
Regular exposure to secondhand smoke at home, school, or work?
Sun and tanning-bed exposure
Regular contact with known workplace/hobby carcinogens (e.g. asbestos, diesel exhaust, benzene, radon-heavy environment)?
Protective steps
HPV vaccination
HPV vaccines prevent most cervical cancers and several head-and-neck, anal, and genital cancers.
Hepatitis B vaccination
Hepatitis B infection is a major cause of liver cancer worldwide.
For adults: are you up to date on age-appropriate screenings (e.g. cervical, colorectal, breast, lung when indicated)?
Answer every question to continue.