New UK statistics from World Cancer Research Fund show a 3.7% rise in the total number of cancer cases diagnosed in women in 2021 compared with 2019, while cases in men remained relatively stable.
Dr Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu, Research Interpretation Manager at World Cancer Research Fund, said: “While the total number of cancers is still higher among men than women, the latest increases among women, and decreases among men, suggest that this difference is declining quite rapidly.
“It is likely that any changes in the number of new cases are partially explained by behaviour. This will be particularly true for those cancers for which there is strong evidence that behaviour increases risk. For example, smoking increasing lung cancer risk or processed meat and alcohol increasing bowel cancer risk. Following WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations can help people reduce their cancer risk.”
View: https://www.wcrf.org/preventing-cancer/cancer-statistics/uk-cancer-statistics/