Applying what we know to accelerate cancer prevention Journal Article

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Authors: Colditz, G. A.; Wolin, K. Y.; Gehlert, S.
Article Title: Applying what we know to accelerate cancer prevention
Abstract: More than half of the cancer occurring today is preventable by applying knowledge that we already have. Tobacco, obesity, and physical inactivity are the modifiable causes of cancer that generate the most disease. Cancer burden can be reduced by alterations in individual and population behaviors and by public health efforts as long as these changes are driven by sound scientific knowledge and social commitment to change. The obstacles to these efforts are societal and arise from the organization of institutions, including academia, and in the habits of daily life. To achieve maximal possible cancer prevention, we will need better ways to implement what we know and improved infrastructure that will better incentivize and support transdisciplinary, multilevel research and successful intervention.
Journal Title: Science translational medicine
Volume: 4
Issue: 127
ISSN: 1946-6242; 1946-6234
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: United States
Date Published: 2012
Start Page: 127rv4
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.1126/scitranslmed.3003218

10.1126/scitranslmed.3003218
Notes: LR: 20130626; GR: P30 CA091842/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: P30 CA091842-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: P30CA091842/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: U54 CA153460-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: U54 CA155496-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: U54-153460/PHS HHS/United States; GR: U54-155496/PHS HHS/United States; JID: 101505086; NIHMS366020; OID: NLM: NIHMS366020; OID: NLM: PMC3343638; ppublish