Cancer prevention and screening

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Cancer prevention and screening

• Dr Caroline Court
• Consultant in Public Health Medicine

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What proportion of cancers are preventable by a
change of lifestyle?

• less than 1 in 10
• about 2 in 10
• more than 4 in 10

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Top 10 lifestyle risk factors for cancer

• Smoking 20
• Being overweight - 5
• Low fruit and veg diet - 5
• Alcohol 4
• Occupation 4
• Sunlight and sun beds 4
• Infections - 3
• Red meat 3
• Radiation - 2
• Low fibre diet -1

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Which of these cancers is there not a screening
test for?

• breast cancer
• bowel cancer
• prostate cancer

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Cancer Screening

• Cervical screening women aged 25 - 64 every 3
  to 5 years
• Breast screening women aged 50 - 70 every 3
  years
• Bowel cancer screening men and women aged 60 -
  69 every two years