Reduce Your Cancer Risk Twelve Steps to a Healthier Life

Co-published with the American Cancer Society, Reduce Your Cancer Risk: Twelve Steps to a Healthier Life provides comprehensive information about how to reduce cancer risk organized around a 12-step action plan. The book takes the reader from how to assess one's cancer risk on to the latest cutting edge research on lifestyle changes that can minimize an individual's risk factors. Reduce Your Cancer Risk separates fact from fiction about cancer.

Barbara Boughton is an award-winning medical and health journalist and editor. A recipient of the Barbara Jordan Communications Award, her articles on health and medicine have appeared in national publications such as Consumer Reports, Alternative Medicine magazine and Better Homes and Gardens. As a specialist in reporting about cancer, she has been a regular contributor to the medical journals Lancet Oncology and Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and has been a contributing writer and editor for several magazines for cancer survivors, including MAMM, In Touch and Cure Today magazines. Her articles on cancer risk and cancer risk assessment have appeared in In Touch and Cure. Ms. Boughton has been a contributor to the best-selling book Dr. Koop’s Self-Care Advisor and the book Smart Choices in Alternative Medicine. She is currently a medical editor for Epocrates, a leading e-technology company that provides medical content for healthcare clinicians, downloadable onto PDAs and mobile devices. She is secretary of the northern California American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), and holds a certificate in medical writing and editing from AMWA. She is also an active member of the National Writers Union and the National Association of Science Writers. Michael Stefanek, PhD, is the former Vice President of Behavioral Research and Director of the Behavioral Research Center of the American Cancer Society. He also spent almost a decade as Chief of the Basic and Biobehavioral Research Branch with the National Cancer Institute. He started his career with the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, where his research focused on psychosocial and behavioral oncology, and he has published extensively on issues related to women at high risk of developing breast cancer. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and has presented nationally and internationally in areas related to behavioral oncology.