Nearly Half of Cancer Deaths Worldwide Are Caused by Preventable Risk Factors, New Study S

Nearly Half of Cancer Deaths Worldwide , Are Caused by Preventable Risk Factors, , New Study Suggests.

CNN reports that the new research was published on Aug.

18 in 'The Lancet.'.

The paper was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's Global Burden of Disease project was examined.

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Researchers concluded that in 2019, 44% of global cancer deaths and 42% of healthy years lost were tied to preventable risk factors.

Such risk factors include a high BMI, smoking and drinking too much alcohol.

Such risk factors include a high BMI, smoking and drinking too much alcohol.

Such risk factors include a high BMI, smoking and drinking too much alcohol.

Dr. Diana Sarfati and Jason Gurney of Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand , published an editorial in 'The Lancet' asserting that preventable risk factors tend to align with poverty.

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Poverty influences the environments in which people live, and those environments shape the lifestyle decisions that people are able to make.

, Dr. Diana Sarfati and Jason Gurney of Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand, via editorial published in 'The Lancet'.

Action to prevent cancer requires concerted effort within and outside the health sector.

, Dr. Diana Sarfati and Jason Gurney of Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand, via editorial published in 'The Lancet'.

This action includes specific policies focused on reducing exposure to cancer-causing risk factors, such as tobacco and alcohol use, and access to vaccinations that prevent cancer-causing infections, including hepatitis B and HPV.

, Dr. Diana Sarfati and Jason Gurney of Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand, via editorial published in 'The Lancet'.

This action includes specific policies focused on reducing exposure to cancer-causing risk factors, such as tobacco and alcohol use, and access to vaccinations that prevent cancer-causing infections, including hepatitis B and HPV.

, Dr. Diana Sarfati and Jason Gurney of Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand, via editorial published in 'The Lancet'