date:Dec 17, 2018
proportion and number of cancer cases attributable to excess body weight. By applying the same method, we can also estimate the attributable fraction for other specific risk factors (for example, smoking, alcohol consumption, lack of physical activity and poor diet, etc.) and for multiple factors together, Dr. Sung says.
These parameters can quantify how much of cancer burden is attributable to those modifiable risk factors. In other words, it can also tell us how much of the current cancer bur