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Vol.50 No.2 contents | Japanese/English |
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- The 24th Lung Cancer Mass Screening Seminar -
A Review of Cancer Control Strategy in Japan
Mitsuya Maeda11Cancer Control Office, Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Japan since 1981. The Japanese government implemented the Comprehensive 10-year Strategy for Cancer Control (1984-1993) and the New 10-year Strategy to Overcome Cancer (1994-2003) to tackle cancer. Since 2004, the 3rd-term Comprehensive 10-year Strategy for Cancer Control has been implemented in order to promote cancer research and disseminate high quality cancer medical services, with the slogan "Drastic reduction in cancer morbidity and mortality". In 2005, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) developed the Cancer Control Headquarter in order to promote multidisciplinary activity for comprehensive cancer control, and launched the Action Plan 2005 for Promotion of Cancer Control. In 2006, the ministry developed a new Cancer Control Office section in the Health Service Bureau, MHLW. In 2006, the Cancer Control Act was approved and the law has been implemented since 2007. Based on this law, the Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control programs was discussed by the Cancer Control Promotion Council, and approved by the Japanese Cabinet in 2007. This plan covers 5 years (from 2007 to 2011). Two overall goals of this plan are "Reduction of cancer deaths" and "Reduction of burden among all cancer patients and their families and improvement of quality of life". The 7 specific fields of this plan are "Cancer medical services", "Developing medical facilities", "Cancer care support and information services", "Cancer registry", "Cancer prevention", "Early detection", and "Cancer research".
key words: 3rd-term Comprehensive 10-year Strategy for Cancer Control, Headquarters of Cancer Control, Cancer Control Act, Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control programs, Overall goal
JJLC 50 (2): 206-210, 2010
