Abstract
This study was conducted with the high school students and their parents, in Bornova city near Izmir. Subject students were informed by a classroom education, and a well prepared brochure was given to each to be shared with their parents at home. Beside this, the students were asked to answer a questionnaire with their parents to evaluate their own cancer related risks and attitudes toward prevention. The percentage of students who were found to have positive cancer cases in their family trees was 12. The most frequent cancer types causing death among close relatives were trachea and gastric cancers. Smoking and alcohol consumption were significantly higher among male parents; however students were not found to assume these habits so heavily. By their own evaluations students and their parents were not adequately alert about cancer causing risk factors, preventive life styles and early detection procedures.
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