TY - JOUR
T1 - A blueprint for the primary prevention of cancer
T2 - Targeting established, modifiable risk factors
AU - Gapstur, Susan M.
AU - Drope, Jeffrey M.
AU - Jacobs, Eric J.
AU - Teras, Lauren R.
AU - McCullough, Marjorie L.
AU - Douglas, Clifford E.
AU - Patel, Alpa V.
AU - Wender, Richard C.
AU - Brawley, Otis W.
N1 - Funding Information:
employed by the American Cancer Society, which receives grants from private and corporate foundations, including foundations associated with companies in the health sector for research outside the submitted work. The authors are not funded by or key personnel for any of these grants and their salary is solely funded through American Cancer Society funds.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Cancer Society
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - In the United States, it is estimated that more than 1.7 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 600,000 will die of the disease in 2018. The financial costs associated with cancer risk factors and cancer care are enormous. To substantially reduce both the number of individuals diagnosed with and dying from cancer and the costs associated with cancer each year in the United States, government and industry and the public health, medical, and scientific communities must work together to develop, invest in, and implement comprehensive cancer control goals and strategies at the national level and expand ongoing initiatives at the state and local levels. This report is the second in a series of articles in this journal that, together, describe trends in cancer rates and the scientific evidence on cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship to inform the identification of priorities for a comprehensive cancer control plan. Herein, we focus on existing evidence about established, modifiable risk factors for cancer, including prevalence estimates and the cancer burden due to each risk factor in the United States, and established primary prevention recommendations and interventions to reduce exposure to each risk factor.
AB - In the United States, it is estimated that more than 1.7 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 600,000 will die of the disease in 2018. The financial costs associated with cancer risk factors and cancer care are enormous. To substantially reduce both the number of individuals diagnosed with and dying from cancer and the costs associated with cancer each year in the United States, government and industry and the public health, medical, and scientific communities must work together to develop, invest in, and implement comprehensive cancer control goals and strategies at the national level and expand ongoing initiatives at the state and local levels. This report is the second in a series of articles in this journal that, together, describe trends in cancer rates and the scientific evidence on cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship to inform the identification of priorities for a comprehensive cancer control plan. Herein, we focus on existing evidence about established, modifiable risk factors for cancer, including prevalence estimates and the cancer burden due to each risk factor in the United States, and established primary prevention recommendations and interventions to reduce exposure to each risk factor.
KW - cancer control
KW - prevention
KW - risk factors
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U2 - 10.3322/caac.21496
DO - 10.3322/caac.21496
M3 - Article
C2 - 30303518
AN - SCOPUS:85054766360
SN - 0007-9235
VL - 68
SP - 446
EP - 470
JO - CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians
JF - CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians
IS - 6
ER -