50% of cancer deaths attributable to preventable risk factors: Study

50% of cancer deaths attributable to preventable risk factors: Study

Research suggests that more than half of cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to preventable risk factors.

The three leading risks are smoking, drinking and high body mass index.

Research finds that 44.4% of all cancer deaths and 42% of healthy years lost could be attributable to preventable risk factors.

Research analyzed global data on deaths and disability from 2010 to 2019 across 204 countries, examining 23 cancer types and 34 risk factors.

Leading cancers in risk-attributable deaths were tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer for both men and women.

The study says that modifying behavior can overshadow the impact of any drug.

Primary prevention of cancer through mitigation of modifiable risk factors is the best hope of reducing future burden of cancer.

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