Clever! Why Are Men More Likely To Get Cancer
Why is mens risk of the disease higher. In fact age is the biggest risk factor for the disease. Lung Cancer Is The Biggest Cancer Killer In Both Men And Women Cigarette Smoking Is The 1 Cause Of Lung Cancer Quitting Smoking At Any Age Can Lower Your Ris In the United States half of all men will get cancer at some point in their life while just over a third of women suffer the same. Why are men more likely to get cancer . Men are more likely to die of melanoma than women. Are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than other men. In the past they theorized that men were more likely than women to encounter carcinogens through factors such as cigarette smoking. By age 50 men are also more likely than women to develop melanoma. This is true at any age. One recent study found that white men are 55 percent more likely to die of melanoma than white women even after adjusting for tumor size and location. People with more education are less likely to die pre...