CELL DIVISION
CELL DIVISION AND CANCEROUS CELLS
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Question
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Women (1 out of 3 women is predicted to get cancer over her lifetime)
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Men (1 out of 2 men is predicted to get cancer over his lifetime)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Doctors have known for decades that men are more likely to develop cancer than women. Men have a one in two chance of being diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes; for women, the chance is one in three, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Detailed explanation-2: -Sex difference in cancer incidence is attributed to regulation at the genetic/molecular level and sex hormones such as estrogen. At the genetic/molecular level, gene polymorphism and altered enzymes involving drug metabolism generate differences in cancer incidence between men and women.
Detailed explanation-3: -Studies may have found that American men have about a 40 percent chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes, but that doesn’t mean your risk is 40 percent if you’re a man.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the US, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime.
Detailed explanation-5: -1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime-one of the main reasons for this being that people are living longer. Half of all cancers are in people over the age of 70.