世界癌症日

World Cancer Day

癌症每年导致约1000万人死亡，占全球死亡人数的六分之一。其中大部分死亡发生在中低收入国家。因此，增加研究和提高对这类疾病的认识的重要性不应低估。

2000年，一项全球倡议于2月4日设立了世界癌症日，以提高人们对癌症的认识，并通过医学研究、健康宣传运动和向患者及其亲属提供援助，鼓励癌症的识别、预防和治疗。

Cancer kills about 10 million people per year, representing 1 out of 6 deaths worldwide. A large majority of these deaths happen in low- or middle-income countries. As such, the importance of increasing research and raising awareness on this type of disease should not be understated.

In 2000, a global initiative established World Cancer Day on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its identification, prevention, and treatment, through medical research, health information campaigns, and assistance to patients and their relatives.

比利时在抗击这种疾病和帮助患有或已经患有癌症的人过上更好的生活方面处于研究的前沿。

譬如，新鲁汶大学最近在乳腺癌的研究中取得了突破，安特卫普大学医院目前正在研究一种创新超快速的“闪疗法”，布鲁塞尔自由大学（荷兰语）正在研究如何给因年轻时接受过癌症治疗而生育能力下降的男性恢复生育能力。

你知道吗？比利时的医学成像领域的世界领先公司Barco巴可向中国医院提供的先进诊断屏幕使医生能够更好的诊断乳腺癌等等！

比利时癌症基金会网站：

https://www.cancer.be/

Belgium is at the forefront of research in fighting this illness and helping people who suffer or have suffered from cancer to lead a better life.

For example, UCLouvain has recently achieved breakthroughs in the fight against breast cancer, the Antwerp University hospital is now researching an innovative ultra-fast cancer treatment called flash therapy, and a team from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is attempting to restore fertility to men who’ve been treated for cancer in their youth and have as such seen their fertility decrease drastically.

Did you know? The Belgian company Barco, a world leader in medical imaging, provides advanced diagnostic monitors that help Chinese hospitals better diagnose breast cancer, among others!

Website of the Belgian Foundation against Cancer:

https://www.cancer.be/