4 out of every 10 cancer cases are preventable: WHOPARIS, France — Nearly four out of every 10 cancer cases could be prevented if people avoided a range of risk factors including smoking, drinking, air pollution, and certain infections, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. New research published on the eve of World Cancer Day estimated that 38 percent of all new cancer cases globally in 2022 — 7.1 million — were linked to preventable causes. Related: AI helps doctors spot breast cancer in scans: world-first trialAlmost half of all the preventable cases were lung, stomach, or cervical cancer. Men were far more likely to get preventable cancer, with 45 percent of new cases compared to 30 percent for women. And nearly a quarter of all preventable cancer cases among men were from smoking, compared to 11 percent for women.

Source: Philippine Star February 04, 2026 00:38 UTC