The top 5 cancer risk factors that are responsible for approximately 42% of cancers are smoking, excess body weight, alcohol use, UV exposure, and physical inactivity. The 5 cancers that have the highest percentage of cases that can be prevented are cervix (~100%), Kaposi's (~100%), melanoma (~95%), anal (~88%), and lung (~86%). The 5 cancers with the largest numbers of preventable cases are lung (~185,000), melanoma (~75,000), colorectal (~77,000), breast (~68,000), and oral/throat (~36,000).

1. Cancer Prevention

2. Top 5 cancer risk factors (~42% of cancers preventable):
Smoking, excess body weight, alcohol use, UV exposure,
physical inactivity

5. Top 5 preventable
cancers by percent:
1) Cervix (~100%)
2) Kaposi’s (~100%)
3) Melanoma (~95%)
4) Anal (~88%)
5) Lung (~86%)
Top 5 preventable
cancers by number:
1) Lung (~185,000)
2) Melanoma (~75,000)
3) Colorectal (~77,000)
4) Breast (~68,000)
5) Oral/throat (~36,000)

6. AICR 30-day cancer
prevention checklist
 Preventcancer.aicr.org