SCIENCE
CELL BIOLOGY
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Question
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15-year-old African-American male
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3-year-old Asian male
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48-year-old Pacific-Island male
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70-year-old white male
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Detailed explanation-1: -In men, prostate cancer is the one that is most commonly found. It accounts for a quarter of cancer cases. As in women, it is followed by lung cancer, which affects 16% of elderly men and colorectal cancer which strikes 14%. Altogether, these cancers affect half of all men diagnosed with the disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prostate cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis among men and the second most common diagnosis overall with 268, 490 expected cases. Lung and bronchus cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosis with an estimated 236, 740 new cases.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although only about 1 in 456 men under age 50 will be diagnosed, the rate shoots up to 1 in 54 for ages 50 to 59, 1 in 19 for ages 60 to 69, and 1 in 11 for men 70 and older. Nearly 60% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65. Prostate cancer is diagnosed with a biopsy.
Detailed explanation-4: -55-64: 24% 65-74: 25% 75-84: 20% 85 and over: 8%