According to the authoritative information, there are about 3.12 million new cancer cases and more than 2 million deaths due to cancer in China every year. Half-moon reporter learned from an interview that there is a new trend of polarization between “young” and “old” cancer patients in China, and lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and other diseases are obviously on the rise. Why is there an alarming increase in cancer mortality despite the significant improvement in living standards? “Every minute, 6 people are diagnosed with cancer” “Against the background of accelerated aging of the overall population, cancer patients in China are ‘young’ and ‘old ‘ co-existing situation.” said Chen Wanqing, deputy director of the National Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research Office, in an office at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Under the combined influence of family planning policies and rising life expectancy per capita, the age distribution of the cancer population in China has shown very different characteristics from other countries. In early 2013, the latest edition of the 2012 China Tumor Registry Annual Report released by the National Tumor Registry showed that there are about 3.12 million new cancer cases and more than 2 million deaths due to cancer in China every year, which means that six people are diagnosed with cancer every one minute. The current national cancer incidence trend is severe, and the incidence and mortality rate are on a continuous rise. Yang Gonghuan, former deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, found that in just a few decades, the incidence of and deaths from diseases in China have completed an epidemiological paradigm shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases, a shift that is far faster than that of other countries. “Cancer was only the 4th cause of death among our residents in 1964, but it rose to the 2nd place from 1970 to 1989, and from 2007 to 2010, it has jumped to the first place.” He said that cancer has become the first cause of death among urban and rural residents in China and is at a high level in the world. The “1995-2010 Beijing Malignant Tumor Incidence Report” released by Peking University Cancer Hospital and Beijing Institute of Cancer Prevention and Treatment shows that malignant tumors have been the number one cause of death among Beijing residents for four consecutive years since 2007. in 2010, on average, one out of every four deaths among Beijing residents was due to malignant tumors. “On one end is an aging population, and on the other is an increasing number of young people with the disease.” Chen Wanqing said it is expected that by 2020, the total number of new cancer cases in China will reach about 4 million each year and the total number of diseases will reach 6 million.