Between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable. Prevention offers the most cost-effective long-term strategy for the control of cancer.
Almost half of cancer deaths are preventable (nature.com)
Nearly 50% of cancer deaths worldwide are caused by preventable risk factors, such as smoking and drinking alcohol, according to the largest study of the link between cancer burden and risk factors1.
Please don’t make sweeping statements based on a single paper. That is way oversimplifying a very complex issue. Are some cancers preventable? Hell yes. Can we make statements like “it’s a lifestyle issue?” No. Definitively, we cannot. 95%? Not even close. That is victim blaming.
