Oncological diseases in women and men have different characteristics. This conclusion was made by experts from the Euroonco clinical network who analyzed statistics on cancer incidence and patient visits. With him met life.
According to statistics, malignant neoplasms in men most often occur in the trachea, bronchi, lung – 17% of cases. At the same time, they are localized in the prostate gland in 16%. The most common disease in women is breast cancer (23%). Also, 14% have skin cancer, excluding melanoma, 8% – cancer of the uterine body.
Experts noted that they do not yet have up-to-date data on the incidence in the country for 2022. However, according to them, there is no special change in the incidence structure in the 2020-2021 period.
Scientists from the University of Washington in your name The presence of three or more symptoms increases the risk of early colorectal cancer 6.5 times. They found that abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, and iron-deficiency anemia three months to two years before diagnosis showed an increased risk in those younger than 50.