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    The document summarizes research on preventable cancers in the UK. It shows that around 42% of cancers are preventable through modifiable lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. Lifestyle factors like smoking, obesity, poor diet, excess alcohol, lack of exercise, and infections account for over a third of cancer cases. Occupational exposures and radiation are also linked to many cancers. Changing behaviors around these risks could significantly reduce the cancer burden in the UK.

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    The document summarizes research on preventable cancers in the UK. It shows that around 42% of cancers are preventable through modifiable lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. Lifestyle factors like smoking, obesity, poor diet, excess alcohol, lack of exercise, and infections account for over a third of cancer cases. Occupational exposures and radiation are also linked to many cancers. Changing behaviors around these risks could significantly reduce the cancer burden in the UK.

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    The document summarizes research on preventable cancers in the UK. It shows that around 42% of cancers are preventable through modifiable lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. Lifestyle factors like smoking, obesity, poor diet, excess alcohol, lack of exercise, and infections account for over a third of cancer cases. Occupational exposures and radiation are also linked to many cancers. Changing behaviors around these risks could significantly reduce the cancer burden in the UK.

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    Although there are some things we cant control about our cancer risk, decades of research have clearly shown that by living a healthy life, people can reduce the risk of developing the disease. But how many cancers in the UK are really caused by things we can change? This diagram shows the results of new research funded by Cancer Research UK, which aims to show the number of cancer cases in the UK that could be prevented by known lifestyle and environmental factors, like being a non-smoker, keeping a healthy weight, drinking less alcohol, eating a healthy, balanced diet, and avoiding being exposed to certain infections or radiation. The thin lines show the total number of cancers of each type from the latest UK incidence figures, and Radiation the large bars in the centre of each line show the Occupation proportion of these cases that could be prevented in Tobmen and women. Around the outside, youll see the acco lifestyle and environmental factors that are linked to each cancer type. On the left is the contribution of each lifestyle Occupation factor to cancer overall. Overweight

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