Risk factors of main cancer sites

Risk factors of main cancer sites

Cancer prevention is a system of various measures devoted to avoid this disease. Primary cancer prevention means the identification, avoidance, or destruction of known risk factors. The main risk factors are smoking, diet, alcohol consumption, occupational factors, environmental pollution, electroma...

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Published in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 44; no. 12; pp. 989 - 995
Main Authors: Uleckiene, Saule, Didziapetriene, Janina, Griciūte, Liudvika Laima, Urbeliene, Janina, Kasiulevicius, Vytautas, Sapoka, Virginijus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Lithuanian
Published: Switzerland 01-01-2008
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms - genetics
Breast Neoplasms - physiopathology
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics
Colorectal Neoplasms - prevention & control
Estrogens - physiology
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - genetics
Lung Neoplasms - mortality
Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prospective Studies
Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - genetics
Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Smoking - adverse effects
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Summary:Cancer prevention is a system of various measures devoted to avoid this disease. Primary cancer prevention means the identification, avoidance, or destruction of known risk factors. The main risk factors are smoking, diet, alcohol consumption, occupational factors, environmental pollution, electromagnetic radiation, infection, medicines, reproductive hormones, and lack of physical activity. Approximately one-third of cancers can be avoided by implementing various preventive measures. The aim of this article was to acquaint medical students, family doctors with risk factors of main cancer sites (lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate).
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ISSN:1648-9144
1648-9144
DOI:10.3390/medicina44120124