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RE: Even Egyptian Mummies Had Cancer Too!!

in #steemstem7 years ago (edited)

Approximately 40% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetimes.

I would like to see the reference.

One more interesting fun fact related to elephant and cancer can be seen here : https://www.nature.com/news/how-elephants-avoid-cancer-1.18534

Some how cancer in elephant is rare.

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well, I have given the reference, but this is the exact link, you can follow,
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
or if you want to do simple math, here are 2017 stats,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28055103
here is one just for UK,
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/risk

And thanks for adding information. :)

40% is really high and it is scary. :(

I can't agree more.

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