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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,

or if you want to do simple math, here are 2017 stats,

here is one just for UK,
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28055103 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.