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【社会人文】许多人在肺癌手术后重新吸烟
Many resume smoking after lung op
[Posted: Mon 11/12/2006]
The first study to look at smoking relapse among people 'forced' to quit the habit due to impending lung cancer surgery has found that many start smoking again within 12 months of the operation.
Around 1,500 people in Ireland are newly diagnosed with lung cancer every year and up to 90% of these cases are caused by cigarette smoking.
A team of US researchers followed the progress of 154 patients - all smokers - who were being treated for early stage lung cancer. All underwent surgery in an attempt to remove the cancer.
"These patients were lucky. Their cancer was discovered largely by accident when they were being examined for other medial conditions, and so was potentially curable by surgery. More than two-thirds of lung cancer is diagnosed at later stages in people with symptoms and treatment is much less successful", explained lead researcher, Dr Mark Walker of the University of Washington.
The study found that 43% of the patients had smoked at some point after their surgery, while 37% were smoking regularly 12 months after the operation.
Of those who started smoking again, 60% had resumed the habit within two months of their operation.
"These patients are all addicted, so you cannot assume they will easily change their behaviour simply because they have dodged this particular bullet. Their choices are driven by insidious cravings for nicotine", Dr Walker said.
The researchers found that those who were the last to give up cigarettes prior to surgery - some on the same day as their operation - and who saw smoking as a pleasurable activity that they would have difficulty giving up, were the first to resume the habit.
"These results suggest that patients who wait until cancer surgery to quit smoking need assistance from the medical community to help them stay away from cigarettes and that this intervention should begin as soon as possible after treatment", Dr Walker said.
Details of these findings are published in the journal, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 本人已认领该文编译，48小时后若未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 Many resume smoking after lung op
许多人在肺癌手术后重新吸烟
The first study to look at smoking relapse among people 'forced' to quit the habit due to impending lung cancer surgery has found that many start smoking again within 12 months of the operation.
第一次针对那些为了避免肺癌而“被迫”戒烟的人复吸的调查研究发现他们大多是在手术后12个月开始再次吸烟的。
Around 1,500 people in Ireland are newly diagnosed with lung cancer every year and up to 90% of these cases are caused by cigarette smoking.
爱尔兰每年大约有1500人被诊断为患有肺癌，并有将近90%的病例是由吸烟引起的。
A team of US researchers followed the progress of 154 patients - all smokers - who were being treated for early stage lung cancer. All underwent surgery in an attempt to remove the cancer.
美国的一个研究小组对154位接受过早期肺癌治疗的吸烟病人进行了追踪。所有的病人都做过手术切除肿瘤。
"These patients were lucky. Their cancer was discovered largely by accident when they were being examined for other medial conditions, and so was potentially curable by surgery. More than two-thirds of lung cancer is diagnosed at later stages in people with symptoms and treatment is much less successful", explained lead researcher, Dr Mark Walker of the University of Washington.
首要研究人员（华盛顿大学的Mark Walker教授）解释道：“这些病人很幸运。他们的癌症大部分在做其他普通检查的被偶然发现，并可能通过手术而治愈。然而超过2/3的肺癌是在后期出现症状后才被诊断的，这也导致治疗的成功率会很低。”
The study found that 43% of the patients had smoked at some point after their surgery, while 37% were smoking regularly 12 months after the operation.
研究发现43%的病人在手术后偶尔会吸烟，同时有37%的病人在手术后12个月再次有规律的吸烟。
Of those who started smoking again, 60% had resumed the habit within two months of their operation.
在那些再次吸烟的病人中有60%在手术后两个月又有了烟瘾。
"These patients are all addicted, so you cannot assume they will easily change their behaviour simply because they have dodged this particular bullet. Their choices are driven by insidious cravings for nicotine", Dr Walker said.
Walker教授说：“这些病人都沉溺其中，所以你无法想象他们不会如此轻易地改变他们的习惯，因为他们躲过了这枚特殊的子弹。对尼古丁隐匿的渴望左右着他们的选择。”
The researchers found that those who were the last to give up cigarettes prior to surgery - some on the same day as their operation - and who saw smoking as a pleasurable activity that they would have difficulty giving up, were the first to resume the habit.
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