What changed

Each of the 144 rated entries now has a page you can bookmark, share or print, with its verdict, rung, evidence and sources. The drawer still opens from every list.

Diet and food finder · Myths and everyday exposures · All evidence

One page for which cancer screening tests are recommended, from what age and how often, for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer, showing where guidelines differ.

Cancer screening

The Recommended cancer screenings entry now also gives the American Cancer Society’s cervical screening guideline (revised December 2025), which starts at 25, preferably with an HPV test every 5 years.

Cancer screening · All evidence

Rung 5 said "Safe to act on". A rung measures how certain the evidence is, not safety, so it now reads "Worth acting on, with your doctor where treatment or screening is involved."

How we score

Every line under "Evidence of harm" and "Tested, didn't hold up" now shows its sources. Rechecking them, six entries were reworded to match what their sources say, including the figure for metals in Ayurvedic medicines.

What to avoid

Lowering risk, the three mammogram guidelines side by side, family history and genes, matching treatment to the tumor, newer treatments and life after treatment.

Breast cancer pathway

Quitting smoking, who qualifies for low-dose CT screening, risks for people who never smoked, tumor testing and the newest treatments.

Lung cancer pathway

Screening from 45 and which test to choose, positive results, family history and Lynch syndrome, treatment and life after.

Colorectal cancer pathway

From PSA testing to treatment, with the rated options shown in each step.

Prostate cancer pathway

Why standard treatment comes first, tumor testing, second opinions, clinical trials, and support options rated by evidence.

Living with cancer

Rated, with its evidence of harm.

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