Bacheng cancer patients missed opportunity with the best clinical August 20, 2010 09:42:58 Source: Health News August 19, at the 21st session of the World Cancer Congress, International Union Against Cancer published a "middle-income countries access to the status of cancer treatment - an important part of the global cancer control," report. Report pointed out that more than half of cancer patients living in low and middle income countries, this figure will rise by 2030 to 70%. Meanwhile, the middle-income countries lack sources of cancer data collection and accurate statistics, to become effective prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer of the main obstacles.
Report by the Informal Working Group on cancer treatment in developing countries (CanTreat International) wrote, including the ACCESS Foundation, the organization, the European Union Leukemia Foundation, Global Health Equity Initiative at Harvard University, Romania, based in Kuta and breast cancer research Health Global Initiative and other international cancer organizations.
Reported that the survival rate of cancer patients and what treatment to accept, often with the patients live in countries or regions have a great relationship. In all low and middle income countries, the lack of patients to improve survival of cancer treatment, including chemotherapy, surgery and cancer drugs. Middle-income countries, up to 80% of cancer patients because of varying degrees of lack of knowledge of cancer prevention and medical services, resulting in late diagnosis late treatment, and the best clinical opportunity missed.
Report points out that the application of many high-income countries can significantly reduce the mortality rate of new cancer treatments and medical equipment due to high costs in low and middle income countries can not promote. The report also pointed out that low-income countries as in the rising incidence of cancer, cancer patients receive treatment for less. 2050, the anticipated cancer deaths in low-income countries will account for the total number of cancer deaths worldwide 3 / 4.
ACCESS Foundation, 约瑟夫沙巴 and other experts, through the report calls on governments, health experts, members of the Foundation, the pharmaceutical companies concerned about the fairness of cancer prevention, development of appropriate medical technology to reduce drug prices, and the global cancer prevention and control play a more active role. (Xinhua correspondent Tian-Shu Li Li Yun-hong)
World Cancer Conference held in the deep third of the world, experts say could prevent cancer http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com | Source: Xinhua Guangdong Channel | Time: 2010-08-20 07:39 Xinhua Shenzhen on Aug. 20 (Xinhua Liang Zhiwei) 19, held in Shenzhen, the first reporter Eleventh International Union Against Cancer (uicc wcc) Cancer Conference was informed that the number of cancer deaths worldwide than internal causes AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. However, President of the International Union Against Cancer, Professor David Hill, a third of cancers worldwide can be prevented, which the Government, individuals and the medical profession is still very necessary to prevent and treat operations.
"About 40% of all cancers come from lifestyle factors, infectious disease and environmental or occupational-related harm caused, this is a high percentage, indicating that they potentially preventable." David International Union Against Cancer Professor Hill said, "Facts have proved that by taking the global, national and individual strategies to overcome these factors can reduce the risk of cancer and deaths."
Experts said the number of cancer deaths worldwide than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis deaths are combined. If the situation has not improved significantly, to 2030, the number of deaths from cancer each year will be more than 17 million.
According to the International Union Against Cancer President David Hill introduced a large number of trigger in the way of life of cancer, smoking is the world's largest single preventable carcinogenic factors. Global lung cancer deaths, 80% to 90% is caused by smoking, while in developing countries, this proportion reached 30%. Through an integrated strategy include: banning tobacco advertising and sponsorship, increased tobacco taxes, can reduce tobacco consumption. These interventions can effectively reduce the number of cancer deaths.
According to statistics, in developing countries, about 22% of cancer deaths caused by infectious diseases, in industrialized countries this figure has reached 6%. Universal access to vaccines and other preventive measures have saved thousands of lives. In the global context of these measures can still be further improved.
It also revealed that in 2008 there are 12.7 million worldwide cases of cancer, 7.6 million deaths. "If not immediately take positive and effective control measures, the original can be cured of cancer will continue to take away the lives of millions of people worldwide," said David Hill. (END)
