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Health in China: Breast cancer hits earlier

Over a third of Chinese women with breast cancer start to suffer the disease at their 40s and their average age is 48, 10 years earlier than Western women […]

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Living in China: Shanghai cancer rate is China’s highest

Shanghai people’s incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said recently […]

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Living in China: Shanghai’s Cancer Casualties

Cancer was contracted by 350 people in every 100,000 in Shanghai, according to new figures issued recently by the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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Living in China: Shanghai breast cancer rates highest in China

Shanghai has the highest incidence of breast cancer in China. More than 60 in every 100,000 women in the city contract the disease. About 6.4 percent of those who do are under 35 years old. “The incidence of breast cancer is rising in China due to the changing lifestyle, the increasing pace of life and rising pressure,” said Dr Shao Zhimin from the Shanghai Tumor Hospital […]