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Lifestyle and cancer risk in the UK population

This section contains statistics on lifestyle choices and the risk of cancer.

Evidence suggests that around half of all cases of cancer diagnosed in the UK could be avoided if people made changes to their lifestyle.

For information on how to reduce your risk of cancer, see the Reduce the Risk section.