Cigarette with the lung cancer in Vietnam
- Author:
Co Viet Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
lung cancer
- MeSH:
Lung Neoplasms;
Nicotine
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;263(9):26-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Tabagism or health is one of important problems for our country, lung cancers are related commonly tabagism. To understand the relation between them, the general review of 9 scientific works, which published in Vietnam medical literature from 1957 to 1995 is made. 1. The rate of lung cancers related tabagism. Before 1993- year of foundation of national program against lung cancers. (n= 629 cases from 1966 to 1991) 61-95% the average 70-80%. After 1993 (n= 935 cases from 1994 to 1995) 75.3 - 78.2% equivalent to the former. Indice of lung cancers in the community is about 60/100,000 habitants 1993. 2. The rate of cigarettes or laos tobacco smoking 9 (water- pipe tobacco): cigarettes smoking 23.0%; laos tobacco smoking 40.0%; both two 70-80%. 3. Tabagism and sex. The majority are male smoker 75 - 90% and 46% are laos tobacco smoking. 4. Number of years and cigattes smoking per day. 5. Lung cancers and type of histology. This relation is not clearly proved, the one: type of histology is related to tabagism except adeno cancer, but another : there is no significative difference with p > 0.05. Conclusion; 70-80% lung cancers in Vietnam are smokers, it is nearly equivalent to developed countries (WHO 80-90%) It is necessary to carry out survey on tabagism in different regions and continue to study profoundly the relation between lung cancers and their types of histology
