A healthy diet, more exercise, reducing alcohol consumption and smoking are all lifestyle modifiable options that proposes to two-thirds of ...
Organizations such as the American Cancer Society (ACS) and / American Institute of World Wide Fund for Cancer Research for Cancer Research (WCRF / AICR) established recommendations on diet and physical activity in the context of cancer prevention of its strategy.
New research analyzed 12 prospective cohort studies in the last decade published on relationship between these guidelines and to seek to monitor cancer incidence and mortality.
The research looked mostly white participants 25-79 years, studies by the high levels of compliance with the lower levels of membership.
Although the level of compliance with the policies varied between studies, the team created the models, the results show compliance with the standards of cancer prevention has been a 10 to 45 percent associated the rate of total cancer incidence and 14 to 61 percent in the overall rate of cancer mortality.
Further results are from analyzes contain a consistent reduction in the incidence of breast cancer (19 to 60 percent), endometrial cancer (23 to 60 percent) and colon cancer (27-52 percent) in men and women, although the results no significant relationship with the occurrence of ovarian, prostate, and lung cancer associations have focused on the study will vary depending, they were being watched.
- Healthy behaviors have additional additional benefits -
The team also found that people with a high degree of compliance with the guidelines, after most of the recommendations for cancer prevention, an even greater reduction in the risk enjoyed or die of disease for development. For example, women in a study who attended at least five recommendations were 60 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those, meets the recommendation to all, and for each additional recommendation fulfilled cancer risk breast cancer was reduced by more than 11 percent.
Speaking about the findings, Kohler, one of the authors of the study, said: "behaviors such as poor diet are options, lack of physical activity, excessive alcohol consumption and unhealthy body weight accounted for more than 20 percent of cancers, and therefore avoided with lifestyle changes could. "
He also added that, when considering smoking, these lifestyles are modifiable factors believed two-thirds of cancer deaths in the United States to be.
But Kohler also pointed out that compliance with the guidelines has the risk of developing or dying from cancer is not completely eliminated, with the family and environmental factors play a role, "but according to these recommendations are to a healthier life and run again, the to reduce risk of many important diseases. "
Kohler added that the findings of the review indicate that doctors and public health officials should continue to emphasize the importance of the recommendations for cancer prevention and healthy life for the patient.
