Cancer is the leading cause of death in Taiwan today. In early October, Veterans General Hospital Taipei (VGHT) announced that it had identified 50 cancer-related genes, which it would use to produce gene chips to diagnose some eight types of cancer, including lung, liver, stomach and breast cancers. This should increase the chances of survival for future cancer patients by allowing earlier detection.
在癌症位居國人死亡率之首的今天，台北榮民總醫院十月初宣布，已經找出五十種與癌症有關的基因，將製成可診斷出肺癌、肝癌、胃癌、乳癌等七、八種癌症的基因晶片，為癌症患者打開一線生機。