Men are more at risk of virtually all the general cancers that affect both genders. The rates at which, men getting cancer is mounting at alarming pace. However, in most of the cases the cancer symptoms in men are often blurred and very hard to detect. Though, prostate cancer and testicular cancer are widespread in men, these two types of the caners are not the only cancers that affect men. Men are more prone to get cancer because of smoking, environmental pollution, asbestos, radiation etc.When compared to men’s anatomy, female bodily makeup is more susceptible to various kinds of cancers. The abrupt hormonal variations and menopause bring changes in the women's body. Most of the time, the changes remain unnoticed however; the changes that seem normal could be signs of cancer. The cancers that most often affect women are breast, colorectal, endometrial, lung, cervical, skin, and ovarian cancers.