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ComingSoontoaTheaternearYou!WhatarespecialeffectsDoyouenjoymoviesthatusealotofspecialeffects.Dinosaurs恐龙fromthedistantpast!Spacebattlesfromthedistantfuture!Therehasbeenarevolutioninspecialeffectsandithastransformedthemovieswesee.Therevolutionbeganinthemid-1970swithGeorgeLucas’sStarWarsafilmthatstunned使震惊audiences.Thatrevolutioncontinuestothepresentwithdramaticchangesinspecialeffectstechnology.ThecompanybehindthesechangesisLucas’sIndustrialLight&MagicILM.AndthemanbehindthecompanyisDennisMurenwhohasworkedwithLucassinceStarWars.Muren’sinterestinspecialeffectsbeganveryearly.Attheageof6hewasphotographingtoydinosaursandspaceships.At10hehadan8millimetermoviecameraandwasmakingthesethingsmovethroughstopmotion.Stop-motionisaprocessinwhichobjectsareshotwithacameramovedslightlyshotagainandsoon.Whentheshotsareputtogethertheobjectsappeartomove.TalktoMurenandyou’llunderstandwhatILMisallabout;takingonnewchallenges.By1989Murendecidedhehadpushedtheoldtechnologyasfarasitwouldgo.Hesawcomputergraphics图像CGtechnologyasthewaveofthefutureandtookayearoffthemasterit.WithCGtechnologyimagescanbescannedintoacomputerforprocessingforexampleandmanyseparateshotscanbecombinedintoasingleimage.CGtechnologyhasnowreachedthepointMurensayswherespecialeffectscanbeusedtodojustaboutanythingsothatmoviescantellstoriesbetterthaneverbefore.ThehugesuccessofJurassicParkanditssequel续集TheLostWorldthestarsofwhichwerecomputer-generateddinosaurssuggeststhatthismayverywellbetrue.DennisMurenstartedhisschoolingataveryearlyage.
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention.Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64.Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases.
{{*HTML*}}Parkinson’sDisease??1.Parkinson’sdiseaseaffectsthewayyoumove.Ithappenswhenthereisaproblemwithcertainnervecellsinthebrain.Normallythesenervecellsmakeanimportantchemicalcalleddopamine多巴胺.Dopaminesendssignalstothepartofyourbrainthatcontrolsmovement.Itletsyourmusclesmovesmoothlyanddowhatyouwantthemtodo.WhenyouhaveParkinson’sthesenervecellsBreakdown.Thenyounolongerhaveenoughdopamineandyouhavetroublemovingthewayyouwantto.??2.Nooneknowsforsurewhatmakesthesenervecellsbreakdown.Butscientistsaredoingalotofresearchtolookfortheanswer.Theyarestudyingmanypossiblecausesincludingagingandpoisonsintheenvironment.AbnormalgenesseemtoleadtoParkinson’sdiseaseinsomepeople.Butsofarthereisnotenoughprooftoshowthatitisalwaysinherited.??3.Tremor颤抖maybethefirstsymptomyounotice.Itisoneofthemostcommonsignsofthediseasealthoughnoteveryonehasit.Tremoroftenstartsinjustonearmorlegoronlyononesideofthebody.Itmaybeworsewhenyouareawakebutnotmovingtheaffectedarmorleg.Itmaygetbetterwhenyoumovethelimboryouareasleep.IntimeParkinson’saffectsmusclesallthroughyourbodysoitcanleadtoproblemsliketroubleswallowingorconstipation便秘.InthelaterstagesofthediseaseapersonwithParkinson’smayhaveafixedorblankexpressiontroublespeakingandotherproblems.Somepeoplealsohaveadecreaseinmentalskills.??4.AtthistimethereisnocureforParkinson’sdisease.Butthereareseveraltypesofmedicinesthatcancontrolthesymptomsandmakethediseaseeasiertolivewith.Youmaynotevenneedtreatmentifyoursymptomsaremild.Yourdoctormaywaittoprescribemedicinesuntilyoursymptomsstarttogetinthewayofyourdailylife.Yourdoctorwilladjustyourmedicinesasyoursymptomsgetworse.Youmayneedtotakeseveralmedicinestogetthebestresults.??A.TipsforPatientswiththeDisease??B.CommonTreatmentfortheDisease??C.MeansofDiagnosisoftheDisease??D.TypicalSymptomsoftheDisease??E.PossibleCausesoftheDisease??F.DefinitionofParkinson’sDiseaseAlotofresearchisbeingdonetofindout______.
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Speechtherapistsdividetheircasesintocommonandcomplex.Anexampleofacomplexcaseisapersonsufferingfromaphasia.Thisisthelossoftheabilitytounder-standand/orusespeech.Therearemanycausesofaphasiaincludingpartialbraindam-agethatleavestheindividualwiththephysicalabilitytospeak.Iftheindividualisabletospeakbutdoesnotthetherapistmustdeterminethecauseofsuchconduct.Oftenspeechtherapistsdeterminethatproblemsareemotionalandrefertheindividualswithsuchproblemstopsychologistsorpsychiatriststrainedtohelpthem.Whileaspeechtherapistisnottrainedtohelppersonswithsevereemotionaldisordersthetherapistdoesreceiveextensivetraininginsuchareasasanatomyasitrelatestospeechconcentratingonthediaphragmtongueandpalatephysicsparticularlyrelatingtosoundandlanguageandcommunications.Sometherapiststakeclassesinelementarypsychologyaswell.Thespeechtherapistmustbeabletodiagnosethetypeandseverityofthespeechdefectthenprescribeaseriesoftreatments.Whilesomepeoplewithseverehandicapsreceiveindividualinstructionmostpatientsarecomfortablereceivinggrouptherapywithotherswhohavethesameproblem.Ifapatientisfoundtohaveaphysicalhandicapthatisimpedinghisprogressheissenttoadoctorwithwhomthetherapistworksclosely.Manytherapistshaveahighsuccessratewiththeirpatients.Noscientificstudieshaveyetshownwhethertheinterventionofthetherapistwasinfactthesolecauseoftheimprovementofthepatientsorwhethertimeandmaturityhelpedaswell.Arecentstudyhasshownthatpersonswhohavenotreceivedspeechtherapyhaveoftenbeencured’oftheirproblemsmerelybybeingaroundotherswithouttheproblem.Howeverthatsamestudyshowedthatthosefewpersonswhowerenottreatedbytherapistshadextremelylowself-esteemandconsideredthemselvesdifferentandretarded.Thetherapistsoftenareabletomakethepatientsseethatwhiletheyaredifferentthedifferenceisnotoftheirownmakingthattheyhavenotdonesomethingwrong.Therapiststrytoreachchildrenwhentheyareveryyoungbeforetheyhavehadanopportunitytobeteasedbyotherchildrenormadetofeeltheyarestupid.Therapistsoftenworkwithwholefamiliesencouragingtheparentsandsiblingstolistentothepatientstakingthetimetohelpthemfeeltheyareanimportantpartofthefamilynotjustbrushingthemoffbecausetheeffortofinterpretingtheirspeechistoogreatortime-consuming.Whichofthefollowingisnotlistedasafunctionofthespeechtherapist
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Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention.Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64.Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases.
ComingSoontoaTheaternearYou!WhatarespecialeffectsDoyouenjoymoviesthatusealotofspecialeffects.Dinosaurs恐龙fromthedistantpast!Spacebattlesfromthedistantfuture!Therehasbeenarevolutioninspecialeffectsandithastransformedthemovieswesee.Therevolutionbeganinthemid-1970swithGeorgeLucas’sStarWarsafilmthatstunned使震惊audiences.Thatrevolutioncontinuestothepresentwithdramaticchangesinspecialeffectstechnology.ThecompanybehindthesechangesisLucas’sIndustrialLight&MagicILM.AndthemanbehindthecompanyisDennisMurenwhohasworkedwithLucassinceStarWars.Muren’sinterestinspecialeffectsbeganveryearly.Attheageof6hewasphotographingtoydinosaursandspaceships.At10hehadan8millimetermoviecameraandwasmakingthesethingsmovethroughstopmotion.Stop-motionisaprocessinwhichobjectsareshotwithacameramovedslightlyshotagainandsoon.Whentheshotsareputtogethertheobjectsappeartomove.TalktoMurenandyou’llunderstandwhatILMisallabout;takingonnewchallenges.By1989Murendecidedhehadpushedtheoldtechnologyasfarasitwouldgo.Hesawcomputergraphics图像CGtechnologyasthewaveofthefutureandtookayearoffthemasterit.WithCGtechnologyimagescanbescannedintoacomputerforprocessingforexampleandmanyseparateshotscanbecombinedintoasingleimage.CGtechnologyhasnowreachedthepointMurensayswherespecialeffectscanbeusedtodojustaboutanythingsothatmoviescantellstoriesbetterthaneverbefore.ThehugesuccessofJurassicParkanditssequel续集TheLostWorldthestarsofwhichwerecomputer-generateddinosaurssuggeststhatthismayverywellbetrue.Bythestop-motionprocessmanyseparateshotscanbecombinedintoasingleimage.
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention.Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64.Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases.
EgyptFelledbyFamine EvenancientEgypt’smightypyramidbuilderswerepowerlessinthefaceofthefaminethathelpedbringdowntheircivilisationaround2180BC.NowevidencegleanedfrommuddepositedbytheRiverNilesuggeststhatashiftinclimatethousandsofkilometrestothesouthwasultimatelytoblame--andthesameorworsecouldhappentoday. TheancientEgyptiansdependedontheNile’sannualfloodstoirrigatetheircrops.ButanychangeinclimatethatpushedtheAfricanmonsoonssouthwardsoutofEthiopiawouldhavediminishedthesefloods. DwindlingrainsintheEthiopianhighlandswouldhavemeantfewerplantstostablisethesoil.WhenraindidfallitwouldhavewashedlargeamountsofsoilintotheBlueNileandintoEgyptalongwithsedimentfromtheWhiteNile4. TheBlueNilemudhasadifferentisotopesignaturefromthatoftheWhiteNile.SobyanalysingisotopedifferencesinmuddepositedintheNileDeltaMichaelKromofLeedsUniversityworkedoutwhatproportionofsedimentcamefromeachbranchoftheriver. KromreasonsthatduringperiodsofdroughttheamountoftheBlueNilemudintheriver’wouldberelativelyhigh.Hefoundthatoneoftheseperiodsfrom4500to4200yearsagoimmediatelypredatesthefalloftheEgypt’sOldKingdom. TheweakenedwaterswouldhavebeencatastrophicfortheEgyptians."Changesthataffectfoodsupplydon’thavetobeverylargetohavearippleeffectinsocieties"saysBillRyanoftheLamontDohertyEarthObservatoryinNewYork. SimilareventstodaycouldbeevenmoredevastatingsaysteammemberDanielStanleyageoarchaeologistfromtheSmithsonianInstitutioninWashingtonD.C."AnythinghumansdotoshifttheclimatebeltswouldhaveanevenworseeffectalongtheNilesystemtodaybecausethepopulationshaveincreaseddramatically./ WhichofthefollowingfactorswasultimatelyresponsibleforthefallofthecivilisationofancientEgypt
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Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention. Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64. Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases. 53
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention. Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64. Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases. 57
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention. Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64. Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases. 51
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancerpreventionscreeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancer.Amajorcauseofthediseaseis51known;thereisnogoodevidencethatscreeningisofmuchhelp;andtreatmentfailsinabout90percentofallcases.Atpresentthereforethemainstrategymustbe52.ThismaynotalwaysbetrueofcourseasforsomeothertypesOfcancerresearch53thepastfewdecadeshasproducedorsuggestedsomeimportantprogressinpreventionscreeningortreatment.54howeverweconsidernotwhatresearchmayonedayofferbutwhattoday’sknowledgecouldalreadydeliverthatisnotbeingdeliveredthenthemostpracticableandcost-effectiveopportunitiesforavoidingprematuredeathfromcancerespeciallylungcancerprobablyinvolveneitherscreeningnorimproved55butprevention.Thisconclusiondoesnotdependontheunrealisticassumptionthatwecan56tobacco.Itmerelyassumesthatwecanreducecigarettesalesappreciablybyraisingpricesorby57thetypeofeducationthatalreadyappearstohavehada58effectoncigaretteconsumptionbywhite-collarworkersandthatwecansubstantiallyreducetheamountoftardeliveredpercigarette.Thepracticabilityofpreventingcancerbysuchmeasuresappliesnotonlyinthosecountries59theUSwherebecausecigarettesmokinghasbeencommonfordecades25~30percentofallcancerdeathsnowinvolvelungcancerbutalsointhosewhereithasbecome60onlyrecently.InChinaforexamplelungcancer61accountsforonlyabout510percentofallcancerdeaths.Thisisbecauseitmaytakeasmuchashalfacentury62theriseinsmokingtoincreasetheincidenceoflungcancer.Countrieswherecigarettesmokingisonlynowbecomingwidespreadcanexpectenormousincreasesinlungcancerduringthe1990sorearlyinthenextcentury63prompteffectiveactionistakenagainstthehabit--indeed.suchincreasesarealreadyplainlyevidentinpartsof64.Therearefourreasonswhythepreventionoflungcancerisofsuchoverwhelmingimportance:firstthediseaseisextremelycommoncausingmoredeathsthananyothertypeofcancernowdoes;secondlyitisgenerallyincurable;thirdlyeffectivepracticablemeasurestoreduceitsincidencearealreadyreliablyknown;andfinally65tobaccoconsumptionwillalsohaveasubstantialimpactonmanyotherdiseases.
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