Mardi 15 Janv 2008
Liver cancer: Men and women
Par yavertedas, Mardi 15 Janv 2008 à 22:37 GMT+2 dans Any
A fundamental difference in the way males and females respond to chronic liver disease at the genetic level helps explain why men are more prone to liver cancer, according to MIT researchers.
Men develop liver cancer at twice the rate of women in the United States. In other countries, especially in Asia, the rate for men can be eight or 10 times that for women.
Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world and the third-biggest killer. Rates in the United States are lower than those in other countries but are rising rapidly, in part due to high hepatitis C infection rates during the 1970s from blood transfusions and IV drug abuse. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are additional risk factors of current concern.
