In Switzerland, about one out of every four cancer cases that could have been avoided were linked to things people can change, like smoking, drinking too much, being overweight, not exercising enough, and eating poorly.

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Cancer cases attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors in Switzerland between 2015 and 2019

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2024 Apr 1

The study looked at the same lifestyle factors and found exactly 25.2% of preventable cancer cases were linked to them in Switzerland from 2015 to 2019, so it supports the claim.

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Cancer cases attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors in Switzerland between 2015 and 2019

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DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34806

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