America slipped down the ratings because of its insurance system, which demands that dying patients must relinquish curative treatment if they wish to claim for palliative care.
美国的排名下滑是由于其保险制度造成的。它要求患者必须放弃治愈性疗法后才能得到姑息疗法。
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Such programmes include cancer prevention, early detection, screening, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care and monitoring including cancer registries.
此种规划包括癌症的预防、早期发现、筛查、诊断、治疗、姑息疗法、监测以及癌症登记。
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Palliative care is treatment to relieve, rather than cure, symptoms caused by cancer.