国际英语资讯:Thousands join fun races in Athens to help raise awareness of breast cancer
<p><span word="ATHENS">ATHENS</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 29-- <span word="Tens">Tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="amateur">amateur</span> <span word="runners">runners</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 11<span word="th">th</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> "<span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="Race">Race</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cure">Cure</span> <span word="Against">Against</span> <span word="Breast">Breast</span> <span word="Cancer">Cancer</span>" <span word="races">races</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="optimism">optimism</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="beaten">beaten</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 6,000 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="statistics">statistics</span>. <span word="Breast">Breast</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="that">that</span> 1 <span word="in">in</span> 8 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="Survivors">Survivors</span>, <span word="patients">patients</span>, <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="relatives">relatives</span>, <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="Athenians">Athenians</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remind">remind</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="miss">miss</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="checkups">checkups</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prevention">prevention</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="detection">detection</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="vital">vital</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="dealing">dealing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illness">illness</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="participated">participated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10<span word="km">km</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 5<span word="km">km</span> <span word="race">race</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> 2<span word="km">km</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="center">center</span>.</p>
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