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Four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO

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In 2022, an estimated 7.1 million of 18.7 million new adult cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors.

On the eve of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, outlined new evidence showing how much of today’s cancer burden could be avoided through prevention.

A major global analysis of cancer cases linked to 30 modifiable risk factors, including: tobacco smoking, alcohol use, high body mass index, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, air pollution, and selected occupational and environmental exposures. The study also accounts for nine infections, underscoring the role of preventable infectious causes such as Human papillomavirus-related (HPV) disease and hepatitis (HBV)...

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