职称英语阅读理解新增文章——卫生类
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2011职称英语阅读理解新增文章——卫生类
The leading cause of lung cancer among women inthe citywas cooking oil fumes while men are more likely todevelop thediseasefrom smoking,said medical experts after a five-year researchstudy.
Doctors announced the results yesterdaywith analysisonsomenewtendenciesin lung cancer.Theysaid patientsareyounger, especially women.
According to the ShanghaiTumor research Institute, more local residents die of lung cancerin the city thananything else. Followingbreast cancer, ithasthesecond-highest incidence rate.
"An unhealthy lifestyleis averyimportant reason for lung cancer," saidDr He YuminfromShanghaiMinshen TraditionalChinese MedicineTumor Diagnosis and Treatment Center.
He followed2,276 lungcancer patientsfor fiveyears. Among them,1,433 weremale.
Smoking causes 70 percent ofcases amongmen while on ly 18percentoffemalepatientsdeveloped cancerfrom smoking or inhaling second-hand smoke, according tothereport.
However, more than 60 percent of women with the disease had long term, closecontact with strongoil fumes from cookingand complained about1irritated eyes and
throat.
About 32 percentof women fried foodsin boilingoil in unventilated kitchens and about 25 percent of women's bedrooms were adjacentto2the kitchen.
However, local womenwere surprised to learn cooking oil f umes couldlead to cancer. Some claimedtheymay change food preparation methods.
"Unless my family andIdon't eat athome every day,I muststay inthe kitchento cook," said Xu Li, a 45-year-old local woman."Iknowthefumes are bad forthe skin, but itis the first time I heard that it canresult inlung canc er. Ihave already started frying less."
Doctors saidwomen's lung cancerhad few links to perso nal health and physicalcondition, but
was closely related tofamilycancerhistory, unhealthy dietaryhabits and weakimmunesystems.
Otherexperts agreed with He.3
"Smokingis by far the biggest cause4of lungcancer for
men,"said DrTan Binyong,honorary presidentof the Re spiratoryDisease Institute at FudanUniversity's Medical College."It's true thatsecond-handsmoke and coo
kingfumesare the maincausesamong women. "
He's research also warnedpeople not to stand near of stalls selling5friedfoods dueto thepoor quality of oils u sed.
Thechance of catchinglung cancer is three times higherifexposed to the fume for a long time,6expertssaid.练习:
1.What a newtendency in lungcancer is concludedby the researchers?
A Menare more likelytodeveloplung cancer than women.
B Women are more likely todevelop lungcancer than me n.
C Patients with lung cancer become older, especiallymales.
D Patients withlung cancer become younger,especially
females.
2. Which ofthefollowingdiseases is the most commonamong the local residents in Shanghai'?