World Cancer Day 2016

World Cancer Day is a global event which takes place annually on 4 February to educate and raise awareness about the disease with the aim of saving millions of preventable deaths each year. This year’s theme ‘We can. I can’ explores how everyone can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer.

To mark World Cancer Day, the International Journal of Epidemiology has published a free article collection (available until 4 May 2016) showcasing the latest epidemiological research into a variety of risk factors for cancer:

Occupational exposure to pesticides and bladder cancer risk
Stella Koutros, Debra T Silverman, Michael CR Alavanja, Gabriella Andreotti, Catherine C Lerro, Sonya Heltshe, Charles F Lynch, Dale P Sandler, Aaron Blair, and Laura E Beane Freeman

Urinary cadmium and mortality from all causes, cancer and cardiovascular disease in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Susanna C Larsson and Alicja Wolk

Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk by estrogen receptor status: in a pooled analysis of 20 studies
Seungyoun Jung, Molin Wang, Kristin Anderson, Laura Baglietto, Leif Bergkvist, Leslie Bernstein, Piet A van den Brandt, Louise Brinton, Julie E Buring, A Heather Eliassen, Roni Falk, Susan M Gapstur, Graham G Giles, Gary Goodman, Judith Hoffman-Bolton, Pamela L Horn-Ross, Manami Inoue, Laurence N Kolonel, Vittorio Krogh, Marie Lof, Paige Maas, Anthony B Miller, Marian L Neuhouser, Yikyung Park, Kim Robien, Thomas E Rohan, Stephanie Scarmo, Leo J Schouten, Sabina Sieri, Victoria L Stevens, Schoichiro Tsugane, Kala Visvanathan, Lynne R Wilkens, Alicja Wolk, Elisabete Weiderpass, Walter C Willett, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Shumin M Zhang, Xuehong Zhang, Regina G Ziegler, and Stephanie A Smith-Warner

Coffee consumption and incidence of lung cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Kristin A Guertin, Neal D Freedman, Erikka Loftfield, Barry I Graubard, Neil E Caporaso and Rashmi Sinha

Impact of changing US cigarette smoking patterns on incident cancer: risks of 20 smoking-related cancers among the women and men of the NIH-AARP cohort
Neal D Freedman, Christian C Abnet, Neil E Caporaso, Joseph F Fraumeni, Jr, Gwen Murphy, Patricia Hartge, Albert R Hollenbeck, Yikyung Park, Meredith S Shiels, and Debra T Silverman

Long-term status and change of body fat distribution, and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study
Mingyang Song, Frank B. Hu, Donna Spiegelman, Andrew T. Chan, Kana Wu, Shuji Ogino, Charles S. Fuchs, Walter C. Willett, and Edward L. Giovannucci

Find out how to get involved by visiting: http://www.worldcancerday.org/get-involved