Journal article

The future burden of lung cancer attributable to current modifiable behaviours: A pooled study of seven Australian cohorts

MA Laaksonen, K Canfell, R Macinnis, ME Arriaga, E Banks, DJ Magliano, GG Giles, RG Cumming, JE Byles, P Mitchell, TK Gill, V Hirani, S McCullough, JE Shaw, AW Taylor, BA Adelstein, CM Vajdic

International Journal of Epidemiology | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2018

Abstract

Background: Knowledge of preventable disease and differences in disease burden can inform public health action to improve health and health equity. We quantified the future lung cancer burden preventable by behavioural modifications across Australia. Methods: We pooled seven Australian cohort studies (n = 367 058) and linked them to national registries to identify lung cancers and deaths. We estimated population attributable fractions and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for modifiable risk factors, using risk estimates from the cohort data and risk factor exposure distribution from contemporary national health surveys. Results: During the first 10-year follow-up, there were 2025 inciden..

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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)


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Awarded by Cancer Institute New South Wales


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; ID1060991). M.L. was supported by the NHMRC (grant numbers ID1060991, ID1053642) and Cancer Institute New South Wales (grant number ID13/ECF/1-07). K.C. was supported by the NHMRC (grant number ID1082989). E.B. was supported by the NHMRC (grant number ID1042717). D.M. was supported by the NHMRC (grant number ID1118161). J.S. was supported by the NHMRC (grant number ID1079438). M.A. was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and a Translational Cancer Research Network (TCRN) PhD Scholarship Top-up Award. The sponsors of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report.