“According to our analysis, 44.4% of cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to a risk factor that has been measured,” says this study, published in the Lancet and carried out as part of the Global Burden of Disease.
A large-scale investigation
This vast research program, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, is of an unparalleled scale, involving several thousand researchers in most countries of the world.
This work makes it possible to know in more detail the risk factors according to the regions of the world even if, overall, its conclusions confirm what was already known. Tobacco is by far the main element having favored cancer (33.9%), followed by alcohol (7.4%).
