Risk Factors and Their Importance: Cancer Prevention: Cancer Center: UI Health Topics

Cancer Prevention: What You Need To Know

Part One:
Risk Factors and Their Importance

Peer Review Status: Internally Reviewed by Cancer Center Staff
Creation Date: 1996
Last Revision Date: April 2001

The contents in Part One are organized alphabetically so that you can easily find the topics that interest you. The following table shows how significant each issue is in causing cancer deaths.

The Cancer Information Service will be adding fact sheets to this section as new information becomes available. Please call (1-800-237-1225) or e-mail: cancer-information@uiowa.edu.

*Risk Factors Associated with Cancer Deaths*
Tobacco/smoking	30%
Diet/obesity	30%
Sedentary lifestyle	5%
Occupational exposures	5%
Family history of cancer	5%
Viruses	5%
Perinatal factors/growth	5%
Reproductive factors	3%
Alcohol	3%
Socioeconomic status	3%
Environmental pollution	2%
Ionizing/ultraviolet radiation	2%
Prescription drugs/medical procedures	1%
Salt/other food additives/contaminants	1%
Source: Colditz GA, DeJong HW, Hunter DJ, Trichopoulos D, Willett WC. Causes of Human Cancer. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996.

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Part One: Risk Factors and Their Importance

Part One:
Risk Factors and Their Importance