As per a recent study, a total of 124·3 million cancer deaths were preventable; this comprises 68% and 58·5 million cases were treatable. The study obtained data from 185 countries and 36 cancer types. “A global total of 5·28 million deaths from cancer occurred prematurely in 2020, of which 3·63 million were preventable and 1·65 million were treatable,” the researchers found. “When presented by sex, lung and liver cancer contributed the largest to preventable cancers in men and in women, lung cancer ranked first among the major preventable cancers in countries with high human development index (HDI) and cervical cancer led in medium to low HDI countries,” they also found. Cancer myths are as harmful as the disease
As per a recent study, a total of 124·3 million cancer deaths were preventable; this comprises 68% and 58·5 million cases were treatable. The study obtained data from 185 countries and 36 cancer types. “A global total of 5·28 million deaths from cancer occurred prematurely in 2020, of which 3·63 million were preventable and 1·65 million were treatable,” the researchers found. “When presented by sex, lung and liver cancer contributed the largest to preventable cancers in men and in women, lung cancer ranked first among the major preventable cancers in countries with high human development index (HDI) and cervical cancer led in medium to low HDI countries,” they also found. 
