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To evaluate and synthesize the avoidable causes of cancer incidence and mortality globally and within the United States.

March 18, 2013Annual Review of Public Health

Current Perspective on the Global and United States Cancer Burden Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors

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To evaluate and synthesize the avoidable causes of cancer incidence and mortality globally and within the United States.
Analyzed cancer registry incidence patterns, population-level behavioral risk-factor surveys, and systematic reviews of epidemiologic studies.
Calculated relative risks, exposure prevalence, and population attributable fractions (PAFs) for environmental and lifestyle hazards.
Cancer accounted for 12% to 13% of the 59 million total global deaths recorded in 2008, with rising burdens in low- and middle-income countries linked to urbanization and infectious exposures.
Up to 60% of cancer deaths in the United States are attributable to eight modifiable factors: tobacco, alcohol, radiation, occupational exposures, infectious agents, obesity, and physical inactivity.

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Epidemiological review reveals up to 60% of cancer deaths stem from lifestyle and environmental factors in the United States, highlighting substantial opportunities for targeted prevention.

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Schottenfeld et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09e7ad59b902245b463d22 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114350

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Epidemiological review reveals up to 60% of cancer deaths stem from lifestyle and environmental factors in the United States, highlighting substantial opportunities for targeted prevention.

Current Perspective on the Global and United States Cancer Burden Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors

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Current Perspective on the Global and United States Cancer Burden Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors

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