PT Health Watch: Common cancer risk factors that should not be ignored
“Smoking generally, as long as you light it with fire and put it on your body, increases the risk of cancer, especially tobacco smoke,” Aproko Doctor said.
Tobacco was the leading preventable cause, accounting for 15 per cent of all new cancer cases, followed by cancer-causing infections at 10 per cent and alcohol at three per cent.
The WHO/FAO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives says hepatitis B infection is an important contributor to the ability of aflatoxins to cause liver cancer.
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