Sexual dimorphism in the incidence of human cancers

BMC Cancer

Daoshan Zheng¹  Justyna Trynda¹  Zhaoyu Li¹  Denise M. Harnois²  Justin H. Nguyen²  Sanjay P. Bagaria²  Sarah A. McLaughlin²  Cecilia Williams³  Jeremy A. Vold⁴ 

[1] Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic;Department of Surgery and Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic;KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Science for Life Laboratory;Mayo Cancer Registry, Mayo Clinic;

关键词: Sexual dimorphism;    Cancer incidence;    Human cancers;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12885-019-5902-z

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Sex differences in the incidences of cancers become a critical issue in both cancer research and the development of precision medicine. However, details in these differences have not been well reported. We provide a comprehensive analysis of sexual dimorphism in human cancers. Methods We analyzed four sets of cancer incidence data from the SEER (USA, 1975–2015), from the Cancer Registry at Mayo Clinic (1970–2015), from Sweden (1970–2015), and from the World Cancer Report in 2012. Results We found that all human cancers had statistically significant sexual dimorphism with male dominance in the United States and mostly significant in the Mayo Clinic, Sweden, and the world data, except for thyroid cancer, which is female-dominant. Conclusions Sexual dimorphism is a clear but mostly neglected phenotype for most human cancers regarding the clinical practice of cancer. We expect that our study will facilitate the mechanistic studies of sexual dimorphism in human cancers. We believe that fully addressing the mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in human cancers will greatly benefit current development of individualized precision medicine beginning from the sex-specific diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

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