The Hong Kong Health Department has urged people to follow a healthy lifestyle and screen cancer.
The report was released today as World Cancer Day was marked by 2025.
International Cancer Control has been appointed as World Cancer Day on February 4 every year, from 2020, to increase global awareness of cancer and fight the disease.
According to TH, cancer is number one in Hong Kong, causing nearly 15,000 deaths in 2023.
By 2022, more than 35,000 new cancer cases were discovered in Hong Kong, where the most common five cancers are lungs, breast, colon, prostate and liver cancer.
“As for the elderly population, the number of new cases and health demands is expected to increase further,” DH said in its statement.
The theme of this year, “United Bi Brig” is focused on placing people in the center of cancer care. Each patient is unique, and the patients need a united effort to get detailed care and live a better life.
“The government has long confirmed the policy of putting people in the center of cancer prevention and control,” he said.
According to DH, about 40 percent of all cancerous people can accept a healthy lifestyle, prevent smoking or alcohol consumption, physically active, and maintaining a major risk of food and maintaining healthy body weight and pelvic circumference.
DH has launched a series of health development programs aimed at various ages to raise public awareness on health issues through education and advertising.
The government has established the district health centers (DHC) in all 18 districts of the area to provide the importance and mood of the health system to prevent the treatment of health, health improvement, health risk factors, disease screening and chronic disease management.
Enabled by the Primary Health Authority (BHCC), DHCs are actively promoting the “Life Course Prevention Program” based on key policies Maintenance of the entire person.
Through this approach, the customized prevention maintenance program will be designed to address the health needs of the residents in different lifestyles based on the most renewed evidence.
Family physicians and primary health care professionals cooperate to promote healthy lifestyle and prevention, including educational and vaccination for cancer prevention and consultation on cancer testing services according to personal risk factors.
In cancer testing, the government follows a source -based approach to achieve early cancer diagnosis. So far, the government has implemented screening programs for premature detection of cervical, colon and breast cancer.
By the end of this year, a pilot scheme will be launched to subsidize hepatitis B screening by the end of this year, which aims for the early diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B to reduce the risk of chronic hepatitis B, chirosis and chronic hepatitis B.
At the same time, before making an informed decision for cancer testing, DH will talk to their doctors to understand the advantages and limits of screening tests. Related Health Advice is available Website Via the Health Security Center or “@Dh Mobile Application”.
