[WATCH]: Advances in Cancer Prevention: President Bush Participates in a Roundtable (2007)

thefilmarchive.org January 17, 2007 Cancer prevention is defined as active measures to decrease the risk of cancer. The vast majority of cancer risk factors are due to environmental (including lifestyle) factors, and many of these factors are controllable. Thus, cancer is largely considered a preventable disease. Greater than 30% of cancer is considered preventable by avoiding risk factors including: tobacco, overweight / obesity, an insufficient diet, physical inactivity, alcohol, sexually transmitted infections, and air pollution Not all environmental causes can be prevented completely such as naturally occurring background radiation. While many dietary recommendations have been proposed to reduce the risk of cancer, few have

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