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Cancer deaths happen due to avoidable effects
Researchers revealed that nearly half of all cancer deaths worldwide can be traced back to preventable factors such as an unhealthy lifestyle.
Smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity topped a list of 34 risk factors, an international research team wrote in The Lancet, a British medical journal.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 10 million people who died from 23 different types of cancer in 2019. External risk factors were involved in 4.45 million deaths, or 44.4 percent.
“This study demonstrates that the cancer burden remains an important public health challenge, increasing in size worldwide,” said Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine and one of the study’s senior authors.
“Smoking remains the leading risk factor for cancer globally, with different other major contributors to the burden from cancer. Our findings can help policy makers and researchers identify key risk factors that can be targeted in efforts to reduce mortality and ill health.” regional, national and global levels.
