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06 Nov 2025
Men’s mental health during cancer and beyond
We know that men who have been diagnosed with cancer don’t fare as well as women:2,3
Other risk factors include:
- they have around 4.5 years’ shorter life expectancy
- they have poorer health in the last 10 years of life
- they have a lower chance than women of being alive five years after diagnosis (~73 % of women compared to ~70 % of men).
And the differences don’t end there. More men than women are diagnosed with, and die from, cancer each year.4 We know that one in two men will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85.5
In general, men have a higher number of risk factors which, when addressed, can positively impact or prevent many cancers. Risk factors include:2,6
- tobacco use
- alcohol consumption
- poor diet
- obesity
- low levels of physical activity
- high exposure to workplace chemicals
The good news is these numbers are decreasing, most likely because we have better cancer prevention and screening tools, and treatments for cancer have improved.
28 Nov 2024
Recognising and managing lung cancer
05 Sep 2023
Understanding PSA testing
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