我國患肺癌人數2020年將超80萬

China is expected to have more than 800,000 lung cancer patients diagnosed annually by 2020, with nearly 700,000 people dying from the disease each year, according to the latest forecast by medical experts.

據醫學專家最新預計，到2020年，我國每年肺癌確診人數將超80萬，死亡人數將接近70萬。

Currently, lung cancer is the top killer among all cancer types, causing about 600,000 deaths per year in China.

目前，肺癌已成爲我國惡性腫瘤中的頭號殺手，我國每年約有60萬人死於肺癌。

In 2015, roughly 700,000 Chinese developed lung cancer.

2015年，我國肺癌發病人數約爲70萬人。

China already has the highest lung cancer prevalence and death rate in the world, according to the World Health Organization.

世界衛生組織稱，我國的肺癌發病率和死亡率已居世界首位。

And Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, expects that PM2.5, a major cause of smog, will replace smoking as the top risk factor for lung cancer.

呼吸疾病專家鍾南山預計，霧霾的元兇PM2.5將取代吸菸成爲肺癌發病的最大風險因素。