Question

Banner Medical Ceater's oncology program reported an increased mumber of cases to ideatify all cases of pancreatic cancer during a five-year period;, cancer patieats were matched with patients treated for period. All subjects in the study were questioned about life aumbers best approximate the relative risk of cancer associated with alcobol drinking of pancreatic cancer during June. Researchers looked at tumor registry records Men Women LIFESTYLE VARIABLE Alcohol Tea Drinking Coffee Drinking 120 110 140 260 140 270 Note: Total number of male cancer patients 200 Total number of female cancer patients 150 Total number of male patients (other diseases) 300 Total number of female patients (other diseases)-300 DOLL

Answer 1

The total number of men in cancer patients = 200 and out of 200 , 185 males have cancer related to alcohol drinking and it is the best approximate number showing the relative risk of cancer associated with alcohol drinking in men versus women .

The total number of females in cancer patients = 150 , and out of 150 , 120 females have cancer related to alcohol drinking .

Total number of male patients in other disease = 300 ,and out of 300 ,270 males have other disease due to alcohol drinking.

Total number of females in other disease = 300, and out of 300 ,260 females have other disease due to alcohol drinking .

This statistics shows that , males are more prone to acquire cancer in relation to alcohol drinking means alcohol drinking is one most common cause for development of cancer in males than females .