[A cancer risk test; who really needs it?]

In the Netherlands, people are getting tired of all the health promoting messages. Even so, a new cancer risk test has recently been introduced. The aim of this test is to increase knowledge of cancer risk factors and to achieve a change in lifestyle in order to decrease the incidence of cancer. However, people already know the most important risk factors and lifestyle change proves to be very difficult. It is unknown whether such a test will even reach the high risk groups and whether it will cause people to change their lives. Therefore, it is doubtful whether we really need this test.