亚洲的肺癌:气候变化的影响
Roselle B De Guzman1, Monica Malik2, Navneet Singh3
1Oncology and Pain Management Section, Manila Central University-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital, Caloocan City, Philippines.
EClinicalMedicine
|January 7, 2025
概括
气候变化严重影响了肺癌的治疗,特别是在亚洲. 需要紧急的适应策略,以保护在极端天气事件期间获得医疗保健和治疗.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 气候变化构成了日益严重的全球威胁,加剧了健康挑战.
- 肺癌是全球主要的健康负担,受到气候相关事件的重大影响,特别是在亚洲,亚洲承担了全球癌症负担的一半.
- 洪水,旋风和台风等极端天气事件破坏了医疗保健基础设施和交通,阻碍了及时进行肺癌查,诊断和治疗.
研究的目的:
- 检查气候危机对肺癌护理的深刻影响.
- 突出亚洲面临的具体挑战,包括医疗保健差异和分散的系统.
- 强调适应和缓解策略的必要性,以保障癌症护理.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是对气候变化和肺癌护理之间的交叉点的审查和分析.
- 它综合了极端天气事件对医疗保健和治疗提供影响的信息.
- 它考虑了低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的脆弱性和现有的医疗保健差异.
主要成果:
- 2022年的极端天气事件,如印度和巴基斯坦的致命洪水,损坏了医疗设施,扰乱了交通,推迟了关键的肺癌治疗.
- 在LMICs,特别是亚洲,医疗保健基础设施,资源和劳动力分布有限,为全面的肺癌护理创造了重大障碍.
- 气候相关事件造成的干扰会使患者的病情恶化,并突出现有医疗保健系统的脆弱性.
结论:
- 紧急,协作和多学科的努力对于解决气候变化和肺癌护理之间的复杂相互作用至关重要.
- 必须实施适应和缓解策略,以尽量减少气候相关挑战对癌症服务的影响.
- 面对不断升级的气候威胁,保护医疗保健系统和确保不间断获得肺癌护理是至关重要的.
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