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[单项选择]Rise in Number of Cancer Survivors
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States,after heart disease.In the (51),it was often considered a death sentence.But many patients now live longer(52)of improvements in discovery and treatment.
Researchers say death(53)in the United States from all cancers combined have fallen for thirty years.Survival rates have increased for most of the top fifteen cancers in both men and women,and for cancers in(54).
The National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied the number of cancer survivors.A cancer survivor is defined(55)anyone who has been found to have cancer.This would include current patients.
The study covered the period(56)1971 to 2001.The researchers found there are three(57)as many cancer survivors today as there were thirty years ago.In 1971,the United States had about three-million cancer(58).Today there are about ten-million.
The study also found that 64% of adults
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B. because
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[单项选择]第三篇 Global Cancer Rates to Rise by 50%by 2020
The number of new cancer cases worldwide is expected to increase by 50%by the year 2020.But a new report suggests that as many as a third of new cancers could be avoided by adopting healthier lifestyles and through public health action.
The World Cancer Report,released by the Intemational Agency for Research on Cancer, shows that cancer has now emerged as a major public health threat in developing countries as well as rich ones.
Overall,cancer was responsible for 12%of all deaths in 2000.But in many countries more than a quarter of all deaths are caused by cancer.
The report shows that 1 0 million new cancers were diagnosed globally in 2000。and that number is expected to rise to 1 5 million by 2020.Researchers say most of that increase will mainly be due to steadily aging populations in both developed and developing countries and current trends in smoking and other unhealthy habits.
“Cancer has emerged as
A. it would make him look old
B. it would make him nervous
C. it was too expensive
D. it was old styled.