[New strategy for cancer control].
Japan has experienced a remarkable change in cancer mortality in the recent decades. Mass-screening programs are main strategy for preventing cancer deaths, but the cost-benefits are not satisfactory. Importance of primary prevention becomes greater. Budgets for cancer research and prevention by the Japanese government were compared with those of U.S.A., and necessity to grow epidemiologists in this field is proposed.
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Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Center, Research Institute.
D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000191:economics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics