Research on strategies or prevention and control of liver cancer and the efficacy of field interventions in Qidong / 肿瘤

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the strategies for prevention and control of liver cancer formed in the practice in Qidong field for liver cancer research, and the comprehensive measures aiming at the major risk factors in the past decades. The efficacy of these interventions is reflected in the substantial decrease in the rates of incidence and mortality of liver cancer in Qidong: the age-standardized rate of incidence rate is decreased by 44.35%, and the age-standardized rate of mortality is decreased by 44.20%, especially in younger population. These data are evidenced from the points of views in epidemiology, ecology, and biomarkers monitoring. The long-run profitability in the first prevention and secondary prevention can be benifited from the comprehensive control and intervention strategies in Qidong.