According to the survey, in recent years China's rapid rise in the incidence of lung cancer in 2000, 1 million 800 thousand and 200 new cases of death of 1 million 400 thousand and 150 million, million, incidence rate of 36.7/10 million, the total number of patients with lung cancer ranked first in the world, tobacco control will be an important strategy for lung cancer China control in this century.
This reporter obtained in the first "China north and South Lung forum yesterday's news. In the three day of the summit, both inside and outside the province of government officials and domestic famous lung cancer experts gathered in Jinling, to discuss the strategies for the prevention and treatment of lung cancer.
Reporters learned that, in recent years, the incidence of lung cancer faster. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing City, the mortality of lung cancer has become the first group of cancer. Shanghai city in 2000 the incidence of male lung cancer rates have risen to 83.43/10 million, the highest in the country, and every year in Beijing more than 20000 new cancer patients, lung cancer accounted for about 1/4.
The incidence of lung cancer in the big city presents the new trend of young people, the incidence increased significantly, the incidence of lung cancer in women increased obviously. Due to the etiology of lung cancer is more complex, but the medical profession recognized: environmental pollution, smoking and other risk factors should be the high temperature oil is the main cause of high incidence of lung cancer.
Reporters learned that Jiangsu city has accounted for lung cancer mortality in the first cancer death. The highest level of lung cancer deaths in Xuzhou City, the mortality rate was 27.3/10 million 35.46/10 million 17.79/10 million men and women, lung cancer accounted for malignant tumor death 24.57%%, each of the 4 cancer dead, 1 people have died of lung cancer. The total lung cancer death causes of 5.71%%, namely, local residents per 17 people dead, 1 people have died of lung cancer.
Tobacco has been shown to be the main factors of lung cancer, Tumor Hospital of Jiangsu Province, according to the survey, in 1000 cases of lung cancer patients were treated, 80% of lung cancer is caused by long-term smoking. If smokers smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day, 12% of those who have lung cancer. With the increase of female smokers increased year by year for female lung cancer.
The national Ministry of Health National Office of cancer research forecast, will increase the incidence of lung cancer from China from 2000 to 2005 120 thousand men from 330 thousand in 2005 to 260 thousand in 2000 from 120 thousand to 170 thousand; female. More than 80%% of lung cancer patients to the hospital is already late, lost the best opportunity of radical surgery and multidisciplinary treatment. How to strengthen the lung cancer three grade prevention work, strengthen propaganda of elderly population screening and health examination, the knowledge of prevention and treatment of lung cancer is a difficult task.
The lung cancer Summit Forum is an academic event since the founding of the first set of national senior government officials, academicians, the five generation of Department of thoracic surgery and oncology experts together to discuss the prevention and treatment of lung cancer China copolymerization strategy, promote exchanges and cooperation in the South and North.