Abstract
Cancer prevention is a system of various measures devoted to avoid this disease. Primary cancer prevention means the identification, avoidance, or destruction of known risk factors. The main risk factors are smoking, diet, alcohol consumption, occupational factors, environmental pollution, electromagnetic radiation, infection, medicines, reproductive hormones, and lack of physical activity. Approximately one-third of cancers can be avoided by implementing various preventive measures. The aim of this article was to acquaint medical students, family doctors with risk factors of main cancer sites (lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate).
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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English Abstract
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Review
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Age Factors
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Aged
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Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
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Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Breast Neoplasms / genetics
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Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology
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Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control
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Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Colorectal Neoplasms / genetics
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Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control
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Estrogens / physiology
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Female
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Lung Neoplasms / genetics
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Lung Neoplasms / mortality
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Lung Neoplasms / prevention & control
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Prospective Studies
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Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
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Prostatic Neoplasms / prevention & control
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Sex Factors
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Smoking / adverse effects