Throat Cancer - Men At Greater Risk Than Women

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throat cancer The term “throat cancer” shall be used in this article to refer to a number of cancers that affect the mouth and throat. It includes oesophagus cancer, larynx cancer, gullet cancer, and pharynx cancer. Unlike other types of cancers such as breast cancer and bowel cancer, throat cancer is not a familiar name with many people. The reason for this lack of information about throat cancer may be due to the fact that only about 2% per cent of cancers that affect human population is throat cancer. In addition, the survival rate of throat cancer, which refers to the number of cancer sufferers that remain alive after they have been diagnosed with cancer, seems to be higher than the survival rate of other forms of cancer. While this may be seen as an encouraging news, men should be concerned about throat cancer for the fact that it affects them far more negatively than it affects women.

The incidence rate of oesophagus cancer, which is the number of people that contract oesophagus cancer, for males in the UK between 2007 and 2009, for example, is 16 per 100, 000 people compared with incidence rate of 8 per 100, 000 people for the female population (2007 – 2009 UK Office for National Statistics). The male incidence rate of mouth and pharynx cancer within the same period is 12 per 100, 000 people in the male population compared with incidence rate of 8 per 100, 000 people in the female population. Furthermore, the male incidence rate of larynx cancer is 8 per 100, 000 people in the male population compared with almost no incidence rate for the female population.

The mortality rate of throat cancer, which is the number of deaths arising from throat cancer, is also higher in the male population than in the female population. According to the UK Office for National Statistic (2007 -2009) the mortality rate of oesophagus cancer for male sufferers, for example, is more than twice the mortality rate of oesophagus cancer for female sufferers (12 per 100, 000 sufferers in the male population compared with 5 per 100, 000 sufferers in the female population). The mortality rate of larynx cancer is 2 per 100, 000 sufferers in the male population while the mortality rate of larynx cancer is almost zero per 100, 000 people in the female population. In addition, the mortality rate of mouth and pharynx cancer for male sufferers is doubled the mortality rate of female sufferers for the same cancer (4 per 100, 000 people in the male population compared with 2 per 100, 000 sufferers in the female population.

Although these findings tend to suggest gender differences in relation to throat cancer, there is an indication that the number of women being diagnosed with throat cancer is on the increase. Some observers have tried to explain this new trend by arguing that more women are resorting to drinking and smoking behaviour, which are two major risk factors for throat cancer, now than they did before. They have warned that it will not be too long before women can catch up with men in terms of the number of people that contract throat cancer. Both men and women therefore are encouraged to reduce their risk of throat cancer by making changes to their drinking and smoking lifestyle.

Unless otherwise stated all the statistics in this article have been taken from the 2007 – 2009 UK Office for National Statistics..

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