China, Japan to Collaborate on Cancer Combatting Network

Japan and China plan to collaboate on an anticancer medical information network to combat Asian-wide cancer.

South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Mongolia are also being invited to join the club.

A symposium will be held in Nanjing, China to kick things off. The idea for the joint effort was born during the Japan/China summit.

The hope is to lead to development of cancer drugs because Asians have different physical strength, different size and other racial factors that would cause them to

respond differently to cancer drugs developed in the West.

Not sure about that but … Asians have more stomach, lung and liver cancer than their western counterparts.

Asians definitely drink and smoke more?

Half of the world's 7 million cancer fatalities happen in Asia. Half the world is in Asia…so, no surprise there.

Repeat after me..stop smoking…stop drinking.

Do you think race makes a difference in cancer treatment? 

Japan & China will Collaborate on Cancer Info Network