A simple screening program for cervical cancer using vinegar and visual exams helped reduce deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 150,000 poor women in India, researchers reported.
一種使用醋酸與目測檢視的簡易子宮頸癌篩檢計畫，在印度15萬名貧窮婦女的群體中，有效降低該癌症31％死亡率，研究人員報告指出。
If implemented broadly, the screening program could lead to the prevention of 22,000 deaths from cervical cancer in India, and 72,000 deaths in the developing world each year, the team reported.
如果廣泛實施，這項篩檢計畫每年在印度可預防2萬2000件子宮頸癌死亡病例，在開發中國家則達7萬2000件死亡病例，研究團隊報告說。
"We had a 31 percent reduction in cervical cancer death. That was very significant," Dr Surendra Shastri of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India, who led the study.
「我們降低31％的子宮頸癌死亡病例，成效非常顯著，」領導該研究的孟買塔塔紀念醫院沙斯特里博士說。
The study involved women selected from 20 slums in the city of Mumbai. For the screening program, the team trained young women with at least a 10th grade education on how to apply the vinegar solution and evaluate the results.
這項研究涉及從孟買20個貧民窟挑選的婦女。為了這項篩檢計畫，該團隊訓練教育程度至少10年級的年輕婦女如何塗抹醋酸溶液並評估結果。
As a result of these efforts, "the screening participation rates were 89 percent, huge for a country like India," Shastri said.
由於這些努力，「篩檢參與率達89％，像印度這樣的國家，這是很高的比率，」沙斯特里說。
The study involved women aged 35 to 64 with no previous history of cancer. They were randomly assigned to either an education program to teach women how to recognize symptoms of cervical cancer or a screening program in which a vinegar solution is applied to the cervix, which can make pre-cancerous tissues turn white and visible to the naked eye after only a minute.（Reuters）
這項研究涉及35至64歲、沒有癌症病史的婦女。她們被隨機分派到教導婦女如何辨識子宮頸癌症狀的教育課程或篩檢計畫，將醋酸溶液塗抹在子宮頸，短短1分鐘後，癌前病變組織變白，而肉眼清楚可見。（路透）
新聞辭典
implement︰動詞，貫徹、執行、實施。例如︰implement a promise（履行承諾。）
slum︰名詞，貧民窟；動詞，過貧民生活。例句︰We are slumming tonight.（今晚我們馬馬虎虎過了。）
naked eye︰名詞，肉眼。例句︰Can you see that ship in the distance with the naked eye?（你能用肉眼看到遠處的那艘船嗎？）
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