Young adult cancer risk behaviours originate in adolescence: a longitudinal analysis using ALSPAC, a UK birth cohort study.
Caroline WrightJon HeronRuth R KippingMatthew HickmanRona CampbellRichard M MartinPublished in: BMC cancer (2021)
Exposure to adolescent cancer risk behaviours greatly increased the odds of cancer risk behaviours in early adulthood. Interventions to reduce these behaviours should target multiple rather than single risk behaviours and should focus on adolescence.