US EditionFour out of every 10 cancer cases are preventable: WHO
The World Health Organization reports about 7.1 million new cancer cases in 2022 were linked to 30 preventable risk factors, with tobacco, infections, and alcohol as top causes.
- On 03/02/2026, WHO and IARC reported that 37.9% of 2022 cancer cases—about 7.1 million—were linked to modifiable risk factors across 185 countries.
- By examining 30 risk factors, the authors measured national exposure data across 185 countries, comparing 2022 cancer counts with risk prevalence about 10 years earlier, focusing on modifiable factors including tobacco, infections, alcohol, high body-mass index, air pollution and UV radiation.
- Tobacco was identified as the leading driver, causing 15% of new cancer cases; infections caused 10% and alcohol 3%, while lung, stomach and cervical cancers made up nearly half of preventable cases.
- To reduce future cases, researchers at WHO and IARC called for national governments and health systems to adopt tobacco control, alcohol regulation, HPV vaccine, improved air quality, safer workplaces, healthy diets, physical activity and prevention messaging focused on risk reduction, not blame.
- Past policy action shows declines in smoking and screening prevented 3.8 million lung cancer deaths, while Australia projects cervical cancer elimination by 2035 despite vaccine access barriers.
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