Table 3.

Risk factors mentioned in articles about breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer

Risk factor	Cancer site
	Breast (n = 514)				Prostate (n = 162)				Lung (n = 63)				Colorectal (n = 61)
	Mentioned		Discussed		Mentioned		Discussed		Mentioned		Discussed		Mentioned		Discussed
	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