世卫组织:每年逾1200万人患癌症 癌症可以预防
2010年02月05日 10:49 来源:中国新闻网
中新网2月5日电 据外电4日消息,每年的2月4日是世界癌症日,今年世界癌症日的主题是:“癌症,也可以预防”。
根据世界卫生组织的数据,全球每年有超过1200万人被诊断出癌症,癌症已成为超过艾滋病、疟疾和结核病的人类第一大死因。
虽然抗癌形势严峻,但也有好的消息传来,据悉,超过五分之二的癌症被指可以进行预防。
每年的世界癌症日,世界卫生组织都会为国际性的抗癌组织提供意见或建议,以协助他们采取措施减轻癌症给世界带来的负担。
今年的世界癌症日的主题是:“癌症,也可以被预防”。
健康专家表示,超过40%的癌症是可以预防的,前提是人们改变日常的一些不良生活习惯。
国际抗癌协会的官员就建议人们不要吸烟、减少酒的摄入量、避免在阳光下暴晒并坚持锻炼以保持理想的体重。
他们还建议人们去接种抗癌疫苗,因为根据统计,相互间的传染是超过21%的癌症发病的原因。
世界卫生组织警告说,全球目前每8例死亡案例中就有一例与癌症相关,如不采取合理的举措以改变当前日益严峻的形势,那么在20年内,全球因癌症而死亡的人口将由现在的760万剧增到1700万。
WHO: Each year more than 12 million people suffering from cancer, cancers can be prevented
At 10:49 on February 5, 2010 Source: China News Net
BEIJING, February 5 NEW YORK 4, according to Xinhua news, the annual February 4 is World Cancer Day, this year's World Cancer Day theme is: "cancer, it can be prevented."
According to WHO data, more than 12 million worldwide each year people have been diagnosed with cancer, cancer had become more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in human first leading cause of death.
Although the cancer situation is grim, but there are good news, it is learned that more than two-fifths of cancer alleged to be for prevention.
The annual World Cancer Day, the WHO will be for the international anti-cancer organizations to provide comments or suggestions to help them to take measures to reduce the burden of cancer to the world.
This year's World Cancer Day theme is: "cancer, can also be prevented."
Health experts said more than 40% of cancers can be prevented, provided that some of the bad people to change their daily habits.
The International Cancer Society officials recommend people not to smoke, reduce alcohol intake to avoid sun exposure, and exercising to maintain ideal body weight.
They also suggested that people go to anti-cancer vaccine immunization because, according to statistics, the epidemic is among more than 21% of cancer incidence reasons.
World Health Organization warned that the current global deaths in each of eight cases had a case with the cancer-related, if not take reasonable measures to change the current increasingly grim situation, then in 20 years, the world's deaths from cancer of the population from the current 7.6 million soared to 17 million.
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