Women see rise in cancer rates as rates in men decrease: Report

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

A NEW REPORT BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY THURSDAY REVEALS WOMEN IN SOME AGE GROUPS ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER MORE OFTEN THAN MEN.

THE FINDINGS SUGGEST HIGHER CANCER RATES ARE SHIFTING FROM MEN TO WOMEN AND THE GAPS BETWEEN SEXES AS WELL AS BETWEEN OLDER AND YOUNGER ADULTS HAVE NARROWED GREATLY

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S DATA ALSO NOTES, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CANCER RATES IN WOMEN AGES 50 TO 64 ARE NOW HIGHER THAN MEN.

WHILE WOMEN UNDER 50 ALSO HAD A MORE THAN 80 PERCENT HIGHER CANCER RATE IN 2021 COMPARED TO MEN THE SAME AGE.

WOMEN IN THIS AGE GROUP HAD ONLY A 51 PERCENT HIGHER RATE THAN MEN THE SAME AGE BACK IN 2002.

THE RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS AN INCREASE IN CANCER DIAGNOSES AMONG YOUNGER AMERICANS.

WHILE THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT’S DRIVING THE INCREASE IN WOMEN AND YOUNGER ADULTS– IT LISTED SOME POSSIBLE FACTORS.

INCLUDING OBESITY, ALCOHOL USE, ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS, SMOKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ALSO SAYS RACIAL DISAPARITIES IN CANCER RATES STILL EXIST WITH MINORITIES SEEING HIGHER RATES OF CANCER DIAGNOSES. 

THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES IN THE REPORT.

THE STUDY FOUND OVERALL CANCER DEATH RATES HAVE FALLEN BY 34 PERCENT SINCE THEIR PEAK IN THE EARLY 90S.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ATTRIBUTES THE DECLINE TO ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND EARLIER DETECTION AS WELL AS FEWER AMERICANS SMOKING 

THE REPORT SAYS THESE POSITIVE TRENDS HAVE SAVED NEARLY 4-AND-A-HALF MILLION LIVES. 

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