But, while it is true that cancer is pervasive in wealthy countries, people in the world’s poorest countries lose more years of life to the disease. As medical advances and technological developments have helped cancer patients in high-income countries to live longer – to the extent that some forms of cancer have effectively become chronic conditions – those in low-income countries continue to die young.
一个流行的传说是癌症主要是发达国家的问题。但是，尽管癌症确实在富裕国家普遍存在，但世界最穷国家的人们因癌症损失的寿命更长。医学进步和技术发展让高收入国家癌症患者能够活得更长——从某种程度上说，某些癌症实际上无非是慢性病——而低收入国家患者年纪轻轻就死了。