Number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the US, 2019
American Cancer Society Journals shared on LinkedIn:
“Just published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States, 2019.
This new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 cancer cases and 262,120 cancer deaths in 2019) could be attributed to modifiable risk factors.
Including cigarette smoking, excess body weight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, diet, and infections.
Cigarette smoking was by far the leading risk factor, contributing to nearly 20% of all cancer cases and 30% of all cancer deaths.
“Despite considerable declines in smoking prevalence during the past few decades, the number of lung cancer deaths attributable to cigarette smoking in the United States is alarming.
This finding underscores the importance of implementing comprehensive tobacco control policies in each state to promote smoking cessation, as well as heightened efforts to increase screening for early detection of lung cancer, when treatment could be more effective,” said Dr. Farhad Islami, senior scientific director, cancer disparity research at the American Cancer Society and lead author of the report, in a press release.”
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Source: American Cancer Society Journals/LinkedIn
Authors: Farhad Islami , Emily C. Marlow, Blake Thomson, Marjorie L. McCullough, Harriet Rumgay, Susan M. Gapstur, Alpa V. Patel, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Ahmedin Jemal