China Oncology ›› 2020, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10): 721-725.doi: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2020.10.001

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The global prevalence and prevention progress of lung cancer

XIAO Jialong, ZHENG Ying   

  1. Department of Cancer Prevention Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

  • Online:2020-10-30 Published:2020-11-11
  • Contact: ZHENG Ying E-mail: zhengying@fudan.edu.cn

Abstract: “World Cancer Report 2020” was published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) with the context of China. This article briefly introduced the global and Chinese lung cancer prevalence and survival, and the related research progress on the main risk factors of lung cancer, including genetic susceptibility, major carcinogens, air pollution, past lung diseases, as well as screening and other prevention.

Key words: Lung cancer, Incidence, Risk factor, Screening