Table 3 Risk factors mentioned in articles about breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer
From: Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age
Risk factor | Cancer site | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast (n = 514) | Prostate (n = 162) | Lung (n = 63) | Colorectal (n = 61) | |||||||||||||
Mentioned | Discussed | Mentioned | Discussed | Mentioned | Discussed | Mentioned | Discussed | |||||||||
| Â | n | % | n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Diet | 57 | 11.1 | 29 | 5.6 | 11 | 6.8 | 7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27.9 | 1 | 1.6 |
Age | 59 | 11.5 | 12 | 1.5 | 23 | 14.2 | 6 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 1.6 |
Genes and/or family history | 88 | 17.1 | 41 | 8 | 15 | 9.3 | 10 | 6.2 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.2 | 5 | 8.2 |
Smoking | 17 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 38.1 | 11 | 17.5 | 5 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 |
Alcohol | 34 | 6.6 | 15 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 |
Environment | 11 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.7 | 5 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |