Biological sex linked to protein changes in lung adenocarcinoma and other cancers

MedicalXpress | يول 21, 2026

Biological sex factors into cancer in ways you might not expect. In lung cancer, a form called squamous cell carcinoma disproportionately affects male patients, while adenocarcinoma occurs more frequently in female patients. Researchers want to know what is happening in our cells to cause these divergent outcomes in lung and other cancers and how this knowledge can benefit physicians and patients.