Hwang M, et al. - Among 166,810 participants aged 40–79 years from Korea's Health Examinee Study cohort, researchers assessed modifiable risk factors in those with a family history of cancer vs those without a family history of cancer, according to sex. The link between family history of cancer in first-degree relatives and modifiable risk factors was evaluated by calculating results as AORs and 95% CIs. According to the presence of a family history of cancer, cancer type of such a family history, and sex, variation was observed in the prevalence of modifiable cancer risk factors, including current smoking, drinking alcohol, physical inactivity, obesity, and abdominal obesity. Fewer chances of being current smokers or obese were observed in male participants with a family history of cancer vs those without a family history of cancer. Likelihood of being current smokers was more in female participants with a family history of cancer vs those without a family history of cancer, but the former were less likely to be physically inactive. Overall, better health behaviors were seen in males with a family history of cancer, whereas females with a family history of cancer showed worse health behaviors, generally.