Cancer rates set to increase six times faster in women than men

Cancer rates set to increase six times faster in women than men Obesity partly to blame as cases of ovarian, cervical and oral cancers predicted to rise the most over the next 20 years. Cancer rates will increase nearly six times faster in women than in men over the next 20 years, with obesity partly to blame, experts predict. As several of the obesity-related cancer types only affect women, the growing number of people of both sexes who are severely overweight is likely to have a greater effect on incidence of the disease among women, according to the analysis by Cancer Research UK.Continue reading...  The Guardian