Cancer Burden Attributable to Risk Factors, 1990-2019: A Comparative Risk Assessment

Overview

Journal iScience

Publisher Cell Press

Date 2024 Mar 29

PMID 38550992

Authors

Junjie Hu

Hongliang Dong

Yiming Dong

Runxuan Zhou

Wilhem Teixeira

Xingxing He

Da-Wei Ye

Gang Ti

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Abstract

An up-to-date comprehensive assessment of the cancer burden attributable to risk factors is essential for cancer prevention. We analyzed the population attributable fraction (PAF) of cancer disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to 11 level 2 risk factors using data from the Global Burden and Disease Study (GBD) 2019. We highlighted that almost half of the cancer DALYs can be preventable by modifying relevant risk factors. The attributable cancer DALYs increased by 60.42%-105.0 million from 1990 to 2019. Tobacco, dietary risks, alcohol use, high body-mass index, and air pollution were the top five risk factors. The PAFs attributable to high fasting plasma glucose, high body-mass index, and low physical activity have increased worldwide from 1990 to 2019. Unsafe sex was the leading risk factor for women before age of 54. Tailored prevention programs targeted at specific populations should be scaled up to reduce the cancer burden in the future.

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