英国首席医疗官萨利·戴维斯女士近日发布了一份年度报告,主旨是建议每个癌症患者接受DNA测序,以防止误诊、不必要的反复确诊和无效的化疗。目前,英国每年有超过35万人被诊断患有癌症,每年约有16.3万人因此死亡。萨利表示,是时候结束“诊断性恶性肿瘤”了,这类患者一般要咨询5位以上医生,在确诊前平均要等上4年。 The UK’s chief medical officer, Ms. Sally Davis, recently released an annual report, the main thrust of which is to advise each cancer patient to undergo DNA sequencing to prevent misdiagnosis, unnecessary repeated diagnoses and ineffective chemotherapy. At present, more than 350,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK and about 163,000 people die each year. Sally said it is time to end “diagnostic malignancy”, and such patients generally consult more than 5 doctors, waiting on average 4 years before the diagnosis.