Study: Men die of cancer more often than women
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The death rate from cancer in general among men in the US is higher than among women. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the National Cancer Institute, led by Michael Cook, analyzing the database on 36 types of cancer and systematizing information on the sex and age of patients.
It turned out that men die from cancer more often, and this applies to most types of cancer. So, for one lost from a cancer of a woman the woman is necessary to 5,51 men, and in cases with a cancer of a larynx this proportion looks or appears as 5,37: 1. The adrenal cancer kills 4.47 men, esophagus cancer - 4.08, the bladder - 3.36.
Lung cancer and bronchus carry one woman and 2.31 men, intestine and colon cancer - 1.42 men; in pancreatic cancer, the statistics are as follows: 1.37 men per woman, in leukemia 1.75: 1, in liver cancer and intrahepatic bile ducts - 2.23: 1.
When analyzing the five-year survival rate, the researchers, taking into account the age of the patient, the year of diagnosis, the stage and extent of the tumor, found that sex does not have a serious impact on the chances of surviving. However, in many types of cancer, the survival rate of men is worse than that of women, but this difference is small. It is rather difficult to establish the single main reason for this difference, but among the factors responsible, there may be a "personality" of the tumor's behavior, a check for cancer in the absence of symptoms, the presence of other diseases, and a person's readiness to seek medical help.
In the future, scientists hope to identify the causes of sex differences in the incidence of cancer, which will allow taking preventive measures to reduce the number of cancer patients among both men and women.
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