As of: February 26, 2024, 6:12 p.m
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As Buckhingham Palace reports, King Charles III.
suffering from cancer.
Three types of cancer that can particularly affect men in old age.
Only recently was King Charles III.
in the hospital because he had to undergo surgery for an enlarged prostate.
According to media reports, the 75-year-old was diagnosed with cancer during his hospital stay.
Buckingham Palace did not provide any precise information about what type of cancer it was.
There are various forms of cancer that often affect men as they age.
Cancer: Three common cancers in men as they age
In January, King Charles went to the “London Clinic” where he was apparently diagnosed with cancer.
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According to information from the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz),
the cancer risk for certain types of tumors
changes over the course of life .
For example, leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children, affecting girls and boys equally.
For adults, however, there are differences.
Both gender and age influence the risk of disease.
As they age, men often develop the following three types of cancer:
Prostate cancer
: According to the
German Cancer Society,
prostate cancer is a malignant tumor of the prostate gland in men.
According to information from the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI
), around 63,400 men develop prostate cancer every year.
This makes it the most common cancer among men in Germany.
Lung cancer
: According to information from the
dkfz
, a so-called bronchial carcinoma is a very common cancer. However, compared to other types of cancer, its symptoms become noticeable late.
In Germany, around 34,700 men develop lung cancer every year.
Colon cancer
: According to the men's health portal of the
Federal Center for Health Education,
around 33,920 men in Germany develop colon cancer every year.
This type of cancer is the third most common cancer in men.
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.
A tumor most often occurs in the large intestine and rectum.
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