WHO: Four in 10 cancer cases preventable

Nearly four in every ten cancer cases recorded globally are linked to preventable risk factors, the World Health Organisation has warned, saying millions of lives could be saved if countries invest more aggressively in prevention.

The WHO made stated this in a statement on Tuesday while releasing a new global analysis conducted with its International Agency for Research on Cancer, ahead of World Cancer Day on February 4.

According to the report, “up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented… 37 per cent of all new cancer cases diagnosed in 2022 — estimated at about 7.1 million — were caused by factors such as tobacco use, alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation and cancer-causing infections.”

Describing the findings as a wake-up call, WHO Team Lead for Cancer Control, Dr André Ilbawi, said the analysis clearly shows that many cancers are not inevitable. Musicnews