CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL CYCLE
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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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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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: -In the US, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The incidence rates for cancer overall climb steadily as age increases, from fewer than 25 cases per 100, 000 people in age groups under age 20, to about 350 per 100, 000 people among those aged 45–49, to more than 1, 000 per 100, 000 people in age groups 60 years and older.