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

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.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