Lingwood Rebecca J, Boyle Peter, Milburn Alan, Ngoma Twalib, Arbuthnott John, McCaffrey Ruth, Kerr Stewart H, Kerr David J
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT, UK.
Nat Rev Cancer. 2008 May;8(5):398-403. doi: 10.1038/nrc2372.
While the world is focused on controlling the spread of diseases such as HIV and malaria in the developing world, another approaching epidemic has been largely overlooked. The World Heath Organization predicts that there will be 16 million new cancer cases per year in 2020 and 70% of these will be in the developing world. Many of these cancers are preventable, or treatable when detected early enough. Establishing effective, affordable and workable cancer control plans in African countries is one step in the right direction toward limiting this epidemic.
当全世界都在关注控制发展中世界诸如艾滋病毒和疟疾等疾病的传播时，另一场即将到来的流行病在很大程度上被忽视了。世界卫生组织预测，到2020年每年将有1600万新增癌症病例，其中70%将出现在发展中世界。这些癌症中有许多是可以预防的，或者如果能足够早地被发现也是可以治疗的。在非洲国家建立有效、负担得起且可行的癌症控制计划是朝着控制这一流行病的正确方向迈出的一步。
