Men are more likely to be prone to cancer than women

Question

Men are more likely to develop cancer in organs than women, but it isn't always because they smoke and drink more than women

Comments

The link is helpful, but you do very little to make any indication of the importance of any of the points made. Some more elaboration would have been nice, and could have bolstered your fact-check.

Answer 1

Yes, this claim is valid. Very Well Health, the website used in this claim, states in its article that "A long-term observational study shows that even after factors like smoking and alcohol use are accounted for, rates [of cancer] are still higher in men than in women." They further explain that it is unknown why this is the case. 

After fact-checking with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they confirmed that "men have higher rates of getting and dying from cancer than women." 

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/features/cancer-and-men.html 

Comments

Your fact check is thorough and well-referenced. By incorporating credible sources, you provide a solid foundation for the claim that men have higher cancer rates than women, and I like that. you fact-checked the claim by looking into the original article. You could also add other sources about additional forces that may explain why men are more prone to cancer than women.

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Good factcheck with a very reputable source. I also found this article to be interesting as an addition to support the claim.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/02/why-is-cancer-more-common-in-men

Answer 2

This is true as men are more likely than women to develop cancer. The risk is much higher in males than it is in females. This is the case for the majority of cancers, regardless of age. There are many reasons for this, with hormones and bmi being two factors.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3153584/#:~:text=Sex%20is%20known%20to%20be,at%20most%20ages%20(2).