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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Isabel Keane

The 30 controllable risk factors that fuel cancer, researchers identify

Four in 10 cancer cases could be avoided with better lifestyle choices, according to researchers, who have identified 30 preventable causes of the deadly disease.

As part of a new global study from the World Health Organization, researchers named 30 avoidable risk factors that fuel the disease, including, for the first time, nine cancer-causing infections.

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