... and because men have more cells in their body and so more tickets for the cancer lottery.
Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
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Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#12Because men receive worse medical treatment. Just compare how prostate and breast cancer are promoted. It also corresponds with other statistics like life expectancy, medical expenses, disposable income...
>Because men receive worse medical treatment.
What about an alternative... Men are less likely to seek medical treatment?
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#13Feminism told me it's because of male privilege.
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#14Because men receive worse medical treatment. Just compare how prostate and breast cancer are promoted. It also corresponds with other statistics like life expectancy, medical expenses, disposable income...
>Because men receive worse medical treatment. What about an alternative... Men are less likely to seek medical treatment?
What about both? Because it is both. Source: I am a man.
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#15... and because men have more cells in their body and so more tickets for the cancer lottery.
This was my immediate thinking on reading the title - is it incorrect?
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#16I don't know, but I'd be so happy if people could stop smoking
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#17Here are a couple of other facts:
1. Autoimmune diseases are more common in women
2. The immune system kills tumor cells
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#18... and because men have more cells in their body and so more tickets for the cancer lottery.
If this increased cancer rates, whales should be completely consumed by cancer at a young age.
However, there are few cases of whales being found to die of cancer.
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#19Here are a couple of other facts: 1. Autoimmune diseases are more common in women 2. The immune system kills tumor cells
Then Cancer should be more common in women, isn't?
Re: Why Is Cancer More Common in Men?
#20More money is spent on preventing cancer in women in treatment, research, and preventive medicine.
Google the history of the brca gene, research and tests around it. Its quite amazing.I hope all cancer research gets the pipeline it got.