Vietnam records 200,000 cancer patients per year
08:51' 08/08/2007 (GMT+7)

Environmental pollution, one of the factors that causes cancer.
Environmental pollution, one of the factors that causes cancer.
VietNamNet Bridge – According to statistics by the Health Ministry, Vietnam has around 200,000 new cancer patients each year.

 

The Hanoi-based Central Tumour Hospital or K Hospital receives around 150,000 cancer patients a year and records 70,000 patients dying of cancer each year.

 

According to the Health Ministry and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, the degradation of the living environment is one of the major reasons for the increasing number of cancer cases in Vietnam.

 

As cancer is developing quickly, the Institute for Cancer Prevention was established on August 6 in Hanoi.

 

The newly established institute will perform research projects on cancer and consult the government and the Health Ministry on policies to prevent and cure cancer in Vietnam.

 

Le Ha

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