184,000 in UK to get preventable cancer diagnosis this year, study finds

Exclusive: Calls for crackdown on smoking, drinking and poor diet as study reveals 78bn cancer cost

• Explainer: what are preventable cancers?

A growing epidemic of preventable cancers will lead to 184,000 people in the UK being diagnosed with the disease this year and will cost the country more than 78bn, research reveals.

Cancer caused by smoking, drinking, obesity and sunburn leads to 40bn a year in lost productivity, costs the people affected 30bn and takes up 3.7bn of the NHS's budget, the study found. Preventable cancers also cost families and carers 3.4bn and the social care system 1.3bn.