TY - JOUR AU - Wright, Caroline AU - Heron, Jon AU - Kipping, Ruth AU - Hickman, Matthew AU - Campbell, Rona AU - Martin, Richard M. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/07 TI - Young adult cancer risk behaviours originate in adolescence: a longitudinal analysis using ALSPAC, a UK birth cohort study JO - BMC Cancer SP - 365 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - An estimated 40% of cancer cases in the UK in 2015 were attributable to cancer risk behaviours. Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and unprotected sexual intercourse are known causes of cancer and there is strong evidence that physical inactivity is associated with cancer. These cancer risk behaviours co-occur however little is known about how they pattern longitudinally across adolescence and early adulthood. Using data from ALSPAC, a prospective population-based UK birth cohort study, we explored patterns of adolescent cancer risk behaviours and their associations with cancer risk behaviours in early adulthood. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08098-8 DO - 10.1186/s12885-021-08098-8 ID - Wright2021 ER -