China has been seeing higher
incidence and rising mortality rate of lung cancer, said an expert
with China Cancer Foundation Thursday.
The number of cancer patients has been rising
steadily, with urban residents outnumbering rural dwellers and men
outnumbering women, said Zhi Xiuyi, director with the department of
lung cancer prevention of the China Cancer Foundation.
The big cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin,
Wuhan and Harbin, register the highest mortality rate of lung
cancer, which is the deadliest form of cancer.
People are contracting the deadly disease at an
earlier age, Zhi said.
Zhi said smoking, overworking and environmental
pollution are causing the higher incidence of lung cancer among
younger people.
(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2007)
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