Cancer Prevention: A Healthy Lifestyle May Reduce Incidence Rate Up To 45%
Reducing your risk for cancer can be as simple as walking your dog or dancing in your living room: About 20 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States are related to modifiable factors like physical inactivity, excess alcohol consumption, and/or poor nutrition, according to the World Cancer Research Fund. When tobacco use and exposure is considered, these modifiable issues are believed to be factors in two-thirds of U.S. cancer deaths.
Although a healthy lifestyle doesn’t guarantee you won’t get cancer — there are those non-modifiable factors, like genetics, to consider— it can substantially reduce an individual’s risk of being diagnosed. In fact, new research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention suggests that people who adhere to cancer prevention guidelines can reduce all cancer incidence rates by 10 to 45 percent. They can also reduce risk of death from any cancer by 14 to 61 percent.
Researchers looked at 12 studies published within the past 10 years that analyzed adherence to cancer prevention guidelines from leading cancer organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research. Study participants ranged in age, from 25 to 79 years of age at baseline, and were mostly white.
Jun 26, 2016 01:20 PM By
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