DIFFERENCES IN LUNG CANCER OF MEN AND WOMEN

One of the cancers common aliases can strike both sexes is lung cancer. However, various studies of lung cancer in the last few decades show that characteristics of lung cancer in men and women turned out to be quite different. By knowing the difference, you will be able to recognize the symptoms and preventive action sooner.

characteristics lung cancer of men and women

Here are a few things you should know about lung cancer men and women:

- Lung cancer that occurs in the age below 50 years usually occurs in women.
 - Smoking is one of the causes of lung cancer that the impact is greater in women than men; This is because women tend to be more sensitive to the effects of carcinogens in cigarettes than men. The same applies if women become passive smokers.

- Men are likely to be affected by lung cancer called Squamous, who grew up in the line and cause respiratory symptoms such as coughing, bloody. Women tend to be affected by the cancer, called adenocarcinoma, which grows into a lump on the outside of the lungs and cause symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pains and back (when kankernya spread to the bones).

- Men tend to be affected by cancer at the age of more than 50 years, but also had a menopausal women at higher risk of developing cancer than younger women.
Characteristics of lung cancer in men and women can help better diagnosis.