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Cancer is showing up earlier and more often, but a surprising share of that risk is something a clinician can help patients change. Dr. Paul Marik lays out where cancer incidence and mortality are heading, separates the risk factors patients can influence from the ones they can’t, and introduces the ROOT protocol: a prevention framework built around the underlying drivers of disease rather than screening alone. It reframes prevention as something active rather than a waiting game.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Review current epidemiologic trends in cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and worldwide.
- Recognize key modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for cancer development.
- Discuss the ROOT protocol framework for cancer risk reduction and prevention.
Instructors
Paul Marik
MD, FCCM, FCCP
Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist; IMA Chief Scientific Officer
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