King Charles III has cancer: The three most common cancers in men as they age. Around 63,400 men in Germany develop prostate cancer every year.
The older you are, the higher your risk of developing colon cancer. On average, men develop colon cancer at the age of 72, which is a malignant change in the mucous membrane of the intestine. For adults, leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children, affecting girls and boys equally. Both gender and age influence the risk of disease.