Estimates of future cancer mortality attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Modifiable lifestyle, environmental, and infectious risk factors associated with cancer impact both cancer incidence and mortality at the population level. Most studies estimating this burden focus on cancer incidence. However, because these risk factors are associated with cancers of disparate mortality rates, the burden associated with cancer incidence could differ from cancer mortality. Therefore, estimating the cancer mortality attributable to these risk factors provides additional insight into cancer prevention. Here, we estimated future cancer deaths and the number of avoidable deaths in Canada due to modifiable risk factors.

Methods

The projected cancer mortality data came from OncoSim, a web-based microsimulation tool. These data were applied to the method

SUBMITTER: Pader J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651921 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature