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Ontario to start colorectal cancer screening
LISA PRIEST
POSTED ON 23/01/07
结肠癌为第二大死亡癌症
screening 计划一般是通过x-ray等技术手段来帮助可疑人群在早期阶段发现该癌症。
The Ontario government is set to tackle the second biggest cancer killer when it announces a colorectal cancer screening program today in what will be a Canadian first.
Health Minister George Smitherman's two-pronged approach in dealing with colorectal cancer will target those with a family history of the disease in addition to providing screening to those aged 50 and older, a source says.
此项计划将调查有该病史的家庭成员，及50以上的成年人。
The provincial government has come up with a particularly attractive funding formula: by paying hospitals several hundred dollars for each colonoscopy, it is providing an incentive to have them performed. The physician fee would be in addition to that.
Barry Stein, president of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, said Ontario's screening program is a lifesaving move that is overdue. Though he did not know details of today's announcement, he said it would ultimately save the health-care system money and he hoped other provinces would follow suit.
"We believe this program will not only save lives but it is also economically advantageous in view of the high cost of treatment in Canada," Mr. Stein said in a telephone interview from Montreal yesterday. "We will continue our efforts to ensure that all Canadians benefit from similar programs in the future."
The Ontario government said in April that it wanted to be the first in Canada to start a colorectal screening program and with today's announcement, it will have accomplished that. British Columbia is studying a proposal by the BC Cancer Agency to start such a program. Alberta plans to have a program up and running some time this year. And Manitoba expects to make recommendations in four to 10 months on resources required. Quebec is studying the feasibility.
Some 20,000 Canadians were expected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2006 and 8,500 were expected to die of it in 2006, according to Canadian Cancer Society figures. Organized, colorectal cancer screening programs can reduce death rates by 15 to 33 per cent.
Ontario to start colorectal cancer screening
LISA PRIEST
POSTED ON 23/01/07
结肠癌为第二大死亡癌症
screening 计划一般是通过x-ray等技术手段来帮助可疑人群在早期阶段发现该癌症。
The Ontario government is set to tackle the second biggest cancer killer when it announces a colorectal cancer screening program today in what will be a Canadian first.
Health Minister George Smitherman's two-pronged approach in dealing with colorectal cancer will target those with a family history of the disease in addition to providing screening to those aged 50 and older, a source says.
此项计划将调查有该病史的家庭成员，及50以上的成年人。
The provincial government has come up with a particularly attractive funding formula: by paying hospitals several hundred dollars for each colonoscopy, it is providing an incentive to have them performed. The physician fee would be in addition to that.
Barry Stein, president of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, said Ontario's screening program is a lifesaving move that is overdue. Though he did not know details of today's announcement, he said it would ultimately save the health-care system money and he hoped other provinces would follow suit.
"We believe this program will not only save lives but it is also economically advantageous in view of the high cost of treatment in Canada," Mr. Stein said in a telephone interview from Montreal yesterday. "We will continue our efforts to ensure that all Canadians benefit from similar programs in the future."
The Ontario government said in April that it wanted to be the first in Canada to start a colorectal screening program and with today's announcement, it will have accomplished that. British Columbia is studying a proposal by the BC Cancer Agency to start such a program. Alberta plans to have a program up and running some time this year. And Manitoba expects to make recommendations in four to 10 months on resources required. Quebec is studying the feasibility.
Some 20,000 Canadians were expected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2006 and 8,500 were expected to die of it in 2006, according to Canadian Cancer Society figures. Organized, colorectal cancer screening programs can reduce death rates by 15 to 33 per cent.
