Hospital denies reports linking cancer case to pollution
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> 8-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="youngest">youngest</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="checking">checking</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="database">database</span>, <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span> <span word="Cancer">Cancer</span> <span word="Hospital">Hospital</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="youngest">youngest</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span> 2006. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="recovered">recovered</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="surgery">surgery</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="coughing">coughing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tumor">tumor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="lung">lung</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="identify">identify</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> 8-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="citing">citing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Feng">Feng</span> <span word="Dongjie">Dongjie</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smog">smog</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="worsening">worsening</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illness">illness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="youngest">youngest</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>.</p><p><span word="Feng">Feng</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span>: "<span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="factors">factors</span> <span word="contribute">contribute</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lung">lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span>, <span word="ionizing">ionizing</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span>, <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="factors">factors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>. <span word="Over">Over</span>-<span word="fatigue">fatigue</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="staying">staying</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="contribute">contribute</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="extent">extent</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="researched">researched</span>. <span word="Lung">Lung</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="factors">factors</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="particles">particles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>."</p>
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