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)