00:00Large numbers of cancer cases and deaths in the United States are attributable to potentially
00:05modifiable risk factors, underscoring the potential to substantially reduce the cancer
00:10burden through broad and equitable implementation of preventative initiatives. Researchers explain
00:16this in a new study published in CA, a cancer journal for clinicians, upon an analysis of 1.78
00:24million cases from 2019, implementing comprehensive tobacco control policies in each state to promote
00:31smoking cessation, as well as heightened efforts to increase screening for daily detection of lung
00:36cancer when treatment could be more effective. Cancer epidemiologist Farhad Islami from the ACS
00:43continues, interventions to help maintain healthy body weight and diet can also substantially
00:49reduce the number of cancer cases and deaths in the country. The study reiterates whilst genetics
00:54and environmental factors do play a role in cancer development, quitting smoking, watching
00:59your weight, using sun protection and drinking less can also help.
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