In total, their results showed that in 2019, 713,340 cancer cases and 262,120 cancer deaths in U.S. adults over 30 could have been attributed to modifiable risk factors and, therefore, avoided.

— -- Cancer. To many of us, it may seem scary, mysterious, or even inevitable. Now, a new study suggests that nearly half of the country’s cancers may be preventable through decisions we ...

Modifiable risk factors, from cigarette smoking to a lack of exercise, could be responsible for close to half of the cancer-related deaths happening among US adults aged over 30 years, according ...

About 40% of new cancer cases among adults ages 30 and older in the United States — and nearly half of deaths — could be attributed to preventable risk factors, according to a new study from ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not ...

About 89,500 white women and 46,300 white men participated in the study, which looked at deaths of carcinoma (all cancers except skin, brain, lymphatic, hematologic and nonfatal prostate ...

(CNN) — Globally, nearly half of deaths due to cancer can be attributable to preventable risk factors, including the three leading risks of: smoking, drinking too Read More Skip to content ...

In 2019, these lifestyle factors were linked to more than 700,000 new cancer cases and more than 262,000 deaths, the study found. Cancer grows because of DNA damage or because it has a fuel source ...

CNN -- About 40% of new cancer cases among adults ages 30 and older in the United States - and nearly half of deaths - could be attributed to preventable risk factors, according to a new study ...

The American Cancer Society’s report finds that roughly 40% of cancer cases for adults 30 years and older in the U.S., and nearly half of deaths may be connected to preventable risk factors.