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Is it more common for people with white skin to have skin cancer?
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It is more common for people with white skin to be diagnosed with skin cancer, however, Blacks are three times as likely and Hispanics are twice as likely to be diagnosed with melanoma (skin cancer) when it is in a late stage. As a result of this, though skin cancer, when detected early, has a nearly 97% to 99% survival rate, it is most fatal in Blacks and Hispanics (due to late detection) with a survial rate of about 67% in blacks and 86% in hispanics.
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Why is cancer more common in people with lighter skin?
Because They Are Pale
Is cancer more common in women or men?
Depends what type...obvious prostate cancer is more common in men b/c they have one while cervix cancer is more common in women b/c they have one. Cancers like Lung and Liver are more common in women.
What population groups tend to get gallbladder cancer?
About 5,000 people are diagnosed with gallbladder cancer each year in the United States, making it the fifth most common gastrointestinal cancer. It is more common in females than males and most patients are elderly.
Which type of cancer is more common?
skin
How many people get cured from breast cancer?
alot, it is actually more common for men to die of breast cancer because it goes unchecked men think they can't get it.
Is non-hodgkins lymphoma a kind of cancer?
Yes it is it runs in the blood. The white blood cells transform into cancer cells. As you may well know, the white blood cells run in the blood and go to injured parts of the body. Protein helps develop more white blood cells. As you probably already know blood cells transform at lightning speed into cancer cells. Good luck to anybody reading this who has any type of cancer.
At any age can you get cancer?
Yes of course, although some cancers are more common in younger people (or similarly older people), or in genders, like breast cancer is more common in women. Some cancers can only be caught in one gender, like a woman can't get testicular cancer and a man can't get ovarian cancer.
How many people are diagnosed with stomach cancer each year?
Stomach cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer with 930,000 cases in the year 2002. It is, of note, much more common in the following countries: Korea, Japan, UK, South America, and Iceland.
What does a drop in white blood cells mean?
If it is mild and there are no other abnormalities it usually means nothing. It is more common for people of African descent. If it is severe or there are other abnormalities in the blood counts then it may be something to have further evaluated.
Who is lung cancer more common to hit?
smokers
Is black people have cancer more than white people?
Genetic, environment, and lifestyle of individuals are factors that are involved to determine if the person may potentially get cancer. So far, they haven't seen anything specific to genes of each race that may cause cancer.
How many people in the UK eat healthy?
Not a hole lot by the looks of all the fat people JOKES It's thought that more than one in 20 cancers in the UK are linked to being overweight or obese. Research has shown that many types of cancer are more common in people who are overweight or obese, including: breast cancer, in women after the menopause bowel cancer womb cancer oesophageal (food pipe) cancer pancreatic cancer kidney cancer gallbladder cancer This list includes two of the most common types of cancer, and three of the hardest to treat. The fat tissues in overweight people produce more hormones and growth factors than those in people of a healthy weight. High levels of some of these hormones, including oestrogen and insulin, can increase the risk of certain cancers.
