Nearly half of all global cancer deaths caused by known risk factors, research shows

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Nearly half of all global cancer deaths caused by known risk factors, research shows
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Some 4.45 million cancer deaths globally in 2019 were due to preventable causes, making up 44 per cent of the total, according to a Lancet study

in men, and cervical cancer , colon and rectum cancer , and breast cancer in women.

Researchers found differences in men and women across two major categories: behavioural risks and environmental and occupational risks. With behavioural risks, males had almost four times the cancer DALYs attributable to smoking than females . When examining environmental and occupational risks, researchers found that the cancer attributable DALYs were three-fold higher among males than females , suggesting that males may be more likely than females to work in places that have higher risk of being exposed to carcinogens.

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