China’s cancer prevention and treatment three-year action plan (2015-2017) | China Medical News

September: China’s cancer prevention and treatment three-year action plan (2015-2017)

On September 16^th, NHFPC (National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC), NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) and 14 other departments jointly issued China’s cancer prevention and treatment three-year action plan (2015-2017).

Over the past 20 years, the incidence of cancer in China has increased year by year, and according to the national cancer registration results of 2013, the incidence of cancer in China was 235/100,000 with mortality of 144/100,000.

This plan has some specific goals including; increase the 5-year survival rate of major cancers, increase the public knowledge relating to cancer to 60%, increase early diagnosis rate to 50%, reduce the adult smoking rate by 3%, further standardize and increase the tumor registration to 30% of the population, and to formulate a national cancer map. (Source: NHFPC)