New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Nearly 40 per cent of all new cancer cases worldwide, about 7.1 million, are preventable, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Lung cancer emerged as the most common preventable cancer, accounting for about 15 per cent of all new such cases globally, with tobacco use and air pollution identified as its leading risk factors.
The analysis, published on Tuesday, examined 30 preventable causes across 36 cancer types, including tobacco and alcohol use, high body mass index, physical inactivity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation, and nine cancer-causing infections.
Drawing on data from 185 countries, the st...