Take lung cancer for example. It takes 8-10 years for a single cancer cell to grow into a tumor about the size of an NT $ 5 coin. But it only takes a few years for it to grow from NT $ 5-size to being fatal.
以肺癌為例，從一個癌細胞分裂增殖到五元硬幣般大小，歷時十年八載，但從五元硬幣大小發展到致命時刻，卻只要短短幾年。