Men tend to get cancer more often than women, and that prevalence is expected to worsen. By 2050, the number of new cancer deaths for men globally is expected to reach 10.5 million, a 93 percent increase.
Additionally, the number of new cancer cases for men is projected to rise by 84 percent. Both rates are higher for men than for women. Researchers ascribed lifestyle choices like smoking and alcohol consumption as the main factors for the widening gap between sexes.
The researchers analyzed data on 30 cancers among men in 2022, gathered from 185 countries and territories. Researchers also said that men tend to get exposed to more carcinogens in the workplace, participate less in cancer prevention screenings, and are less involved in early treatment, which contributes to a higher cancer incidence rate. The cancer death rate for men was 43 percent higher than it was in women in 2020, with 120.
8 deaths per 100,000 men, compared to 84.2 per 100,000. “Early detection and interventions for female-specific cancers, such as breast and cervical cancer, have been beneficial; however, there are no comparable programs for male-specific cancers, such as prostate or testicular cancer,” the researchers wrote.
Smoking is a leading risk factor for cancer, and it is linked to lung, mouth, prostate, and blood cancer, along with others. Alcohol consumption, which is also more prevalent in men, has been linked to cancers such as liver, colorectal, prostate, and stomach cancer..
