3 hours agoExperts: Avoidable Cancer if you give up these habits
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(4 years ago)Almost half of the world's cancer deaths are related to avoidable factors, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, vulnerable sex, and obesity, scientists write. They analyzed the data from some 10 million people who died of 23 cancers in 2019. External factors were the cause of illness at 4.45 million deaths or [...]
They analyzed the data from some 10 million people who died of 23 cancers in 2019.
External factors were the cause of the disease at 4.45 million deaths, or 44.4 percent.
“This study shows that the burden of cancer remains an important public health challenge growing in size worldwide”, said Christopher Murray of Washington University, a coauthor of the study.
The most common causes of cancer are smoking (about 36 percent of cases), alcohol consumption (about 7 percent), sexually transmitted diseases (6.5 percent), and obesity (about 4.2 percent for men, and 5.2 percent for women).
In 2018, more than 2 million cancer cases are linked to such infections as pylore Helicobacter, hepatitis, and HPV.
The study also showed that the risk of cancer death due to external factors is higher for men (in 50.6 percent of cases) than for women (36.3 percent).
“The main message of this research is clear: a considerable number of cancers, most of them most likely when it comes to infections, can be prevented”, scientists in Lancet write.
The article points out that cancer prevention also has a financial effect: investing up to $100 million in prevention results in $100 billion savings in treatment costs. / KP
