Cancer costs could cause additional healthcare burden of USD22 billion for China
05-Feb-15, MaineNewsOnline
A surge in cancer cases would have a paralyzing effect on China’s economy, requiring the nation to spend 100 billion yuan ($21.5 billion) a year, said health organisations and experts. February 4 marked World Cancer Day, during which the World Health Organisation unveiled that 2.2 million people in China succumb to cancer each year. In all, three million people develop cancer each year in China.
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“Cancer is on the rise, for sure”, said Wang Jinwan, a physician at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences' Cancer Institute and Hospital.
Bernhard Schwartlander, the WHO representative in China, said cancer rise in China has become a big reason to worry, and a dire need of action has now emerged to prevent people from developing lethal cancers.