Center for Cancer Prevention, University of Torino, San Giovanni Battista University Hospital, Italy.
Environ Health. 2011 Apr 5;10 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S8. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-S1-S8.
At least in economically developed countries, in the last decades, the incidence of childhood cancer has increased and the increase is unlikely to be an artefact. Causes of the increase have not been identified: a role of preventable environmental exposures is possible. Changes have also occurred in the age distribution of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.Currently, children with cancer can be successfully treated and cured. However, access to the best therapy differs widely among countries because of the unequal distribution of resources for cancer care. Any double standard in the fate of children with cancer is ethically unacceptable.
至少在经济发达国家,过去几十年来,儿童癌症的发病率一直在上升,而且这种增长不太可能是人为因素造成的。导致发病率上升的原因尚未确定:可能与可预防的环境暴露有关。急性淋巴细胞白血病的年龄分布也发生了变化。目前,儿童癌症可以得到成功治疗和治愈。然而,由于癌症治疗资源在各国之间的分配不均,获得最佳治疗的机会存在很大差异。在儿童癌症的命运方面存在双重标准在伦理上是不可接受的。