Due to biological differences, the incidence of cancer in men is 1.3 to 10.8 times higher than in women
Esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer
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[아시아경제 김세은 인턴기자] A study found that men are more likely to develop cancer than women due to biological differences.
According to a recent report from major foreign media such as UPI, Dr. Sarah Jackson’s research team from the Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Lab under the National Cancer Institute (NCI) conducted a ‘diet health’ study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Association of Retirees (AARP) for 290,000 people. It was reported that this result was obtained by analyzing the data of the study.
The research team, which conducted a study on 294,100 men and women aged 50 to 71 years, compared and analyzed the gender incidence of cancer that occurred in both men and women in other parts of the body except for the reproductive organs.
As a result, it was found that men had a higher incidence of all cancers than women, except for two types of cancer: thyroid cancer and gallbladder cancer. In men, the incidence of esophageal cancer was 10.8 times higher than in women, followed by laryngeal cancer (3.53 times), stomach cancer (3.49 times), and bladder cancer (3.33 times). The incidence of liver cancer, bile duct cancer, skin cancer, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, and lung cancer was also higher in men than in women.
The research team analyzed the extent to which differences between men and women, including behaviors that can increase cancer risk, such as smoking and drinking alcohol, and past medical history, physical activity, and lifestyle influence the incidence of cancer. The proportion of these factors in cancer incidence was as large as 50% for lung cancer and did not significantly affect regarding 11% for esophageal cancer.
“This suggests that the reason for the higher incidence of cancer in men than in women may be intrinsic to biological differences, rather than differences in lifestyles between men and women,” the research team argued.
The researchers added that understanding why there are large gender differences in cancer incidence might help improve cancer prevention and treatment.
The study results were published in the latest issue of ‘Cancer’, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
Intern reporter Kim Se-eun callmesen@asiae.co.kr
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