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! p0 T1 y( H" Q% \& bIn this issue: / m7 Z+ ^ S0 I' e" M& f) h
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China wrestles with lung cancer; f; Q, T) t5 C+ y' q$ ^- j! M
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/ ^* A: m; _: {. Y6 E& aChina launched a national pilot* ]' p6 x9 C) P6 P9 l
programme in November, 2010, aimed) K& t( I7 t# g9 M/ K
at early detection and treatment of lung
) O1 j1 J5 K# O- a3 Ncancer, seeking to curb the rising threat
5 P6 w% F$ n. P ito public health. Mortality from lung
* Y& U5 x+ `( V S' V% S. k- Dcancer has increased by 465% in China
8 Z2 h0 Z! L. x+ j y' {during the past 30 years, and such cancer
' H5 O7 y2 m7 z( S9 Ehas become the main cause of death in
/ j; a. B7 q- ]& uurbanites and the second leading cause! ^3 W1 Q3 A, D, J4 j% Y
of death in rural populations after liver
q$ e( O( z' Hcancer. WHO’s International Agency
! ?2 R2 `/ O' U( r! bfor Research on Cancer suggests that
6 Y: p* D% I+ F- q. _: sthe disease accounts for more than. a$ t5 Z8 [0 g, S% b
300 000 deaths in China every year.
: P6 A B" j) P ~Because environmental pollution9 V% S1 r8 I. q2 H5 H
and smoking are strongly correlated
) y& M$ ~1 t6 L, Swith lung cancer, the programme will7 V* \) t* c) I/ F& \* m2 Z
screen smokers and non-smokers,
; ]7 _1 N8 G& }3 ~$ U2 a# iincluding miners and those with longterm
- u8 a* W: G8 ~. @# ^1 Aexposure to coal fumes from5 b) Z& G5 t# D& A4 v3 H
indoor cookers. 350 million people
9 N) x' i0 Y6 _5 N( a' gsmoke in China—a third of the world’s
5 c! [7 z% T2 K4 Itotal—and about 540 million more are7 q7 l9 v$ x' r0 d
passive smokers, in itself potentially4 z# J$ b! q) e6 k
more hazardous than direct, fi ltered,
1 e* Z8 U Z0 ~; E- H$ ksmoking. Indeed, WHO calculates
W& ^' j' D. @+ H- Q+ A: gthat non-smokers account for 30% of" _" @; R1 V) W
cases of lung cancer in China and 15%
+ O y% `. C& h% b8 N* s: yworldwide.
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