The morbidity of Beijing residents' lung cancer exceeds 5/10000

The morbidity of Beijing residents' lung cancer exceeds 5/10000 The death occupies the first place in cancer
Zeng LiMing

Cable of April 22 of Beijing of China News Service (reporter Zeng LiMing) In the past ten years, morbidity and mortality of lung cancer in Beijing have occupied the first place in all cancers, the morbidity has already been up to 53.36/10 Wan from 2007, regardless of the urban area or in the countryside, have already become the citizens of Beijing " The first killer " . This popular science minister of propaganda department, lung cancer of Capital University of Medical Sciences of Chinese Anti-Cancer Association makes a diagnosis the centre director props up and repairs the information that a professor offers of benefit today.

He disease prevent and cotrol office and the intersection of China and cancer that Chinese Anti-Cancer Association host prevent and cure propaganda of popular science promote and plan to " hope hand in hand " the special topic of lung cancer in 2009 in Chinese Health Ministry Propaganda month is started and emphasize at the meeting: Worriedly, still the trend of soaring constantly appears in morbidity and mortality of inland lung cancer. Increase by about 600,000 cases of lung cancer newly every year at present, number of people and air pollution of spreading and reducing to smoke such as not controlling tobacco, will reach and have illness coming on the peak by 2025, increase 1 million patients newly every year.

Statistics that Chinese Health Ministry announces reveal: The mortality of national lung cancer is up to 30.83/10 Wan at present, have risen by 465% than 30 years before, has already replaced hepatocarcinoma and become the first malignant tumour death reason. Malignant tumour has already been up to 166.97/10 in the mortality in urban areas of our country Wan in 2008, will account for 27.12% of the total cause of the death.

Prop up a professor to think, the public, to " second hand smoke " at present The understanding causing the health to endanger is insufficient. It verifies, the person living together with the smoker for a long time, the probability of suffering from lung cancer will be improved by 25% and investigate, and is forced to smoke the second hand cigarette and obviously increased the danger which suffers from lung cancer for a long time. Study, find due to smoking lung cancer insensitive to chemotherapy medicine, the intersection of chemotherapy and efficient only 30%-40% still.

Zhang Guang, general secretary of Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, exceeds pointing out, it is a system engineering that lung cancer is prevented and cured, need government's input, need positive participation of medical personnel, patient and relative even more. He hopes for and can plan the activity through preventing and curing promotion for the propaganda of popular science, it is " far away from tobacco to propagate, prevent and control lung cancer " Idea and scientific and normal therapeutic method,help patient it establish confidence to overcome disease.

It is reported, " global lung cancer pays close attention to the moon " It is the global proposal that the alliance of lung cancer in the world initiated in 2001, its purpose was to call upon governments of various countries to pay attention to the prevention of lung cancer.
The morbidity of Beijing residents' lung cancer exceeds 5/10000 The death occupies the first place in cancer