Men might be more susceptible to cancer- Study
India TodaySeveral studies have indicated that men are more prone to developing cancer as compared to women, however very little is known about why they display a higher susceptibility towards this deadly disease. A new study by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, has pinpointed the loss of function in certain genes of the sex-determining Y chromosome as a key factor that puts men at higher risk of cancer. "Recent studies have shown that complete loss of the Y chromosome, which is essential to foetal sex differentiation, occurs, with ageing, in the cells of some men," commented Juan Ramon Gonzalez, coordinator of the study and head of the Bioinformatics Group in Genetic Epidemiology at ISGlobal. "Men are not only at higher risk of cancer than women, but they also face a worse prognosis," commented Gonzalez. The study has shown that there are also biological factors that increase cancer risk among men.
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