Prevention and Screening

Plant power: Using diet to lower cancer risk

Dietitian Grace Fjeldberg explains how eating a plant-based diet can help you lower your risk of developing cancer.

Dangers of late cervical cancer diagnosis in women of color

Dr. Cardenas-Trowers explains the barriers women of color must overcome to ensure they receive screening for cervical cancer.

Mayo Clinic researchers identify women with twice the risk of cancer in both breasts

The findings will help health care professionals personalize approaches to breast cancer screening and risk factors.

Dear Mayo Clinic: Cervical cancer and HPV screening

Dr. Tri Dinh explains why both the HPV test and the Pap test are important screening tools for cervical cancer.

Dear Mayo Clinic: When your teenager needs to see a gynecologist

Dr. Aakriti Carrubba explains how to help teens maintain gynecological health, including the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening.

Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer

Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers explains the importance of screening and other measures to prevent cervical cancer.

4 ways to reduce cervical cancer risk

Advice from Mayo Clinic experts on how anyone with a cervix can reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer.

Signs there is a problem with your prostate

Dr. Matthew Tollefson explains the problems a growing prostate can cause, and why it's important to talk to your health care professional if you experience symptoms.

Solid organ transplant recipients at higher risk of skin cancer, require coordinated care

More than half of all people who receive solid organ transplants will have an incidence of skin cancer.

Era of hope for patients with lung cancer

Thoracic oncologist and lung cancer specialist Dr. Rami Manochakian discusses advances in lung cancer management and early diagnosis.