Preventable Cancer in Israel

Avi Magid (), Eliezer Robinson and Lital Keinan-Boker
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Avi Magid: The Department of Information Systems, and the Department of Health Systems Management, The Max Stern Emek Yezreel College, Jezreel Valley 1930600, Israel
Eliezer Robinson: Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Lital Keinan-Boker: Israel Centre for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan 5262100, Israel

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The cancer burden in Israel is substantial. Recently calculated population attributable fractions (PAFs) for modifiable cancer risk factors in the US and the UK have indicated much room for prevention. Our aim was to estimate PAFs for selected modifiable cancer risk factors in Israel. Methods : Exposure data on selected modifiable risk factors were based on national health surveys conducted in 2013–2015. Data on invasive cancer incidence in 2015 were retrieved from the Israel National Cancer Registry (INCR). Relative risks (RRs) for specific cancer sites were retrieved from the scientific literature. PAFs were calculated for selected modifiable risk factors using an approximate formula. Results: In 2015, 21% of all invasive cancer cases in Israel were attributed to smoking, 9% to excess body weight, and 1.5% to alcohol intake. Moreover, 32% of all invasive cancer cases were attributed to all modifiable risk factors (combined) included in our study. Conclusions: Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors to the incidence of certain cancer types in Israel offers an opportunity for primary prevention and enables informed decision-making with respect to the prioritization of interventions.

Keywords: cancer; Israel; modifiable risk factors; population-attributable-fraction; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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