Nearly one in two Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
However, there are opportunities to reduce the impact of modifiable cancer risk factors …

Up-to-date estimates of current and projected future cancer burden attributable to various
exposures are essential for planning and implementing cancer prevention initiatives. The …

Background: Estimates of the proportion of cancer cases that can be attributed to modifiable
risk factors are not available for Canada and, more specifically, Alberta. The purpose of this …

Objective: To estimate the numbers and proportions of cancers occurring in Australia in
2010 attributable to modifiable causal factors. Methods: We estimated the population …

Introduction The Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer project aims to quantify
the number and proportion of cancer cases incident in Canada, now and projected to 2042 …

Contemporary information on the fraction of cancers that potentially could be prevented is
useful for priority setting in cancer prevention and control. Herein, the authors estimate the …

Objective: To describe the approach underpinning a national project to estimate the
numbers and proportions of cancers occurring in Australia in 2010 that are attributable to …

Our objective is to provide a current perspective on the avoidable causes of global and US
cancer incidence and mortality. Cancer registry–based incidence patterns, population …

The implementation of primary and secondary preventive strategies is based on the
evidence generated by cancer epidemiology, where the identification of risk factors and the …

Background To contribute to evidence-based policy decision making for national cancer
control, we conducted a systematic assessment to estimate the current burden of cancer …