Actions like drinking less alcohol and keeping weight down could help prevent 2500 cases a week,figures show
nearly four in 10 cancer cases in the UK could be prevented whether British people changed their lifestyles by drinking less alcohol, keeping their weight down, or ditching cigarettes and avoiding overdoing it on a sunbed,among other actions, research has revealed.
New figures from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) show that more than 2500 cancer cases a week are avoidable, or with exposure to tobacco smoke the main factor,accounting for just over 15% of cancer cases.
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Source: guardian.co.uk