Cancer patients surviving longer in the UK 英國癌癥患者存活時間延長

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一項由英國領先的癌癥研究慈善組織發佈的調查報告說，在英國，目前有超過17萬的癌癥患者依然健在，當中有些患者是40年前被診斷出患癌癥的。報告說患者能夠存活的原因包括先進的治療方式和及時地診斷。報告同時也針對治療癌癥所引起的副作用，比如，抑鬱癥和患者對個人財務的憂慮等問題提出警告。請聽報道。

The report looks back at the 1970s, when many people saw cancer as a death sentence. Today, it says things have improved with better therapy, and often quicker ways of spotting the disease.

But Macmillan says while cancer may no longer be life ending, it is life changing. With thousands of people in the UK now living with a long-term legacy of side effects from therapy, the psychological impact, and often financial worries for many years.

And the number of survivors will continue to grow. The government has said by 2020, cancer patients in England will have an individually tailored package of care to help with life after a diagnosis.

詞匯表

death sentence 死刑
therapy 治療，療法
spotting 發現，診斷
life ending 停止生命的，終止人生的
life changing 徹底改變生活的
long-term 長期的
legacy 遺留問題
side effects 副作用
psychological impact 心理沖擊，心理影響
financial worries 財務上的煩惱、擔憂
individually tailored （根據個人需求）量身定制的
diagnosis 診斷

測驗

請聽報道並回答下列問題。

1. The report looked at cancer cases starting from which era?

2. True or false? Cancer survivors don’t have financial worries.

3. According to text, what kind of care package does the British government hope to introduce in 2020 for cancer patients in England?

4. Which phrase in the text means ‘unpleasant effects of a drug, which happen in addition to the main effect’?

答案

1. The report looked at cancer cases starting from which era?
Cancer cases from as far back as the 1970s were looked at in the report.

2. True or false? Cancer survivors don’t have financial worries.
It’s false. Financial worries are often experienced by cancer survivors.

3. According to text, what kind of care package does the British government hope to introduce in 2020 for cancer patients in England?
The British government hopes to introduce an individually tailored care package for cancer patients in England.

4. Which phrase in the text means ‘unpleasant effects of a drug, which happen in addition to the main effect’?
Side effects.