Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Up to 40 per cent of cancer cases worldwide are preventable, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

In a joint news release issued from Geneva and Lyon ahead of World Cancer Day, the WHO said the conclusion is based on a new global analysis conducted by the WHO and its International Agency for Research on Cancer.

The study examined 30 preventable risk factors, including tobacco and alcohol use, high body mass index, physical inactivity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation, and, for the first time, nine cancer-causing infections, reports Xinhua.

Published the same day in Nature Medicine, "the analysis estimates that 37 per cent of all new cancer cases in 2022, around 7.1 million cases, were linked to prevent...