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Cancer as a Disease of Lifestyle
Cancer
The Global 2000 Report to the President, states that "envlronmental (l.e., exogenous non genetic) factors contribute 80 to 90% of the present cancer cases.
| RISK FACTORS |
% OF ALL CANCERS |
SITES |
| Diet |
35-50% |
colon, breast, uterus, ovary |
| Tobacco |
18-30% |
lung, esophagus, bladder, kidney & pancreas |
| Asbestos and other exposures |
3-18% |
lung, other sites |
| Alcohol |
1-15% |
stomach, larynx, liver |
| Infection (e.g.chronic papilloma virus) |
1-15% |
cervix, prostate |
| Sexual development, hormones and practice |
1-13% |
breast, uterus, ovary, cervlx, testis |
| Pollution |
3-5% |
lung, bladder, rectum |
| Medicines & radiation |
1-4% |
breast, uterus, ovary, thyroid, bone, lung, blood |
| Natural radiation |
1-3% |
breast, thyroid, lung, bone, blood |
| Consumer products |
1-2% |
possibly all sites |
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