Gender Discrimination in Government Funding for Cancer Research
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(11-15-2017, 05:47 PM)kandrathe Wrote: From examining the incidence rates, only Breast cancer is definitively female.

Take another look at those statistics. Men get breast cancer about 1 per 100 wormen from the link I posted from Cancer.org.

Quote:Soft tissue incl heart

Fyi, Cancer of the Heart is extremely rare. Most times it shows up, it shows up in children and almost never in adults. When the heart is fully formed, the cells don't change much (they rarely divide upon reaching adulthood), thus there's a lower chance of malignancy.

Quote:Genital system, Endocrine, and Myeloma are marginally equally weighted. *All* others have more significance for men (>= 5%)

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Oral cavity & pharynx - men 72%
Digestive system - men 58%
Respiratory system - men 55%
Bones & joints - men 57%
Soft tissue incl heart - men 53%
Skin - men 68%
Breast - women 98%
Genital system - women 53%
Urinary system - men 69%
Eyes - men 54%
Brain & nervous system - men 57%
Endocrine system - women 52%
Lymphoma - men 56%
Myeloma - men 52%
Leukemia - men 58%
Other - men 55%

Overall 2017 - Estimated Deaths by cancer
Men = 318,420 (53%) Women = 282, 500 (47%)

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Thing I would want to know about is how many of the men vs. women didn't find out until it was too late (ie, didn't get regular health checkups).
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RE: Gender Discrimination in Government Funding for Cancer Research - by Lissa - 11-16-2017, 02:50 AM

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