After five years, death rates for all cancers fell by 35% and for gastrointestinal cancers by 54%.

五年后，所有癌症的死亡率下降了35%，而胃肠道癌症的死亡率则下降了54%。

" It's unfortunately becoming a bigger problem every year, " said Dr. Michael Cecchini, a co-director of the colorectal program in the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers and a medical oncologist at Yale Cancer Center.

耶鲁大学癌症中心的肿瘤学专家、该中心下设胃肠道癌症中心结直肠项目联合主任迈克尔·切基尼博士表示，“很遗憾，这个问题一年比一年严重。”