The risk of developing cancer can be greatly reduced by adopting a healthy lifestyle. We asked Dr. Mark Fesen, MD, FACP with Central Care Cancer Center in Great Bend, to comment on cancer-prevention tips that were published in a doctor-reviewed article on Web MD.

“Most of these things I do myself,” he said, looking over the list. Fesen exercises regularly, doesn’t smoke or use tobacco, and avoids processed foods, red meat, and alcohol.

Fesen’s eye was drawn to an item on Web MD’s list that suggested:

Know Your Family History

“You inherited more than your mother’s eyes or your father’s grin,” Web MD noted. “They may also have shared their chances for having diseases like cancer. Some genes that parents pass down to their kids have flaws. They don’t repair damaged DNA the way they should

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