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Australian scientists say an organic compound (複合物), used by Indian women to paint dots or bind on their foreheads holding the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment---Rose Bengal, was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosmetics. But now it is proving to be a useful weapon in the fight against skin cancer.
Television advertisements constantly warn of the dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. Among them is the possibility of the disease melanoma, a type of skin cancer. More than 1,200 Australians die every year from the disease.
Initial trials of a solution of Rose Bengal injected into some melanoma cells have had a 75 percent success rate in controlling the disease. Professor John Thompson, the director of the Melanoma Unit at the University of Sydney, says this organic dye could become a powerful cancer-fighting treatment.
“We believe it works by getting into the tumor (腫塊) cells and causing them to self-destruct. But the exact mechanism by which it works is not totally clear. It’s not useful for people who have a primary melanoma. The treatment of primary melanoma is surgical excision(切除),” he said. “It's useful to inject tumors for people who have recurrences: when the primary treatment has failed and when recurrence in the area or at more distant sites has occurred.”
About 90 percent of Australians who develop melanoma survive thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. If left untreated, however, the disease can be fatal.
Convincing younger people in Australia about the dangers of overexposure to the sun is a battle.
Veronica Manock, a 21-year-old student, had two major operations to remove a cancerous tumor from her leg.
“I've had a lot of friends who just said ‘I thought it was just, you know, that I'll get a mole (痣) cut out and that's it’, whereas I don't think people realize how much danger they're putting themselves into and how easy it is to stop something like this happening to you just from doing little things,” said Manock.
Other researchers in Australia are investigating genetic treatments to skin cancer. There is a pressing need for such research to produce effective treatments. Australians, the majority of whom are fair-skinned (淺膚*的), are four times more likely to develop a melanoma than people in Canada, the United States or Great Britain.
1. The information about Rose Bengal is wrong EXCEPT that ________.
A. it is no longer used as a dye
B. it can be effective in treating skin cancer
C. it is a special kind of rose planted in Australia
D. it is used to cure skin cancer
2. The main reason for Australia's high rate in skin cancer is _______.
A. overexposure to the sun B. the overuse of cosmetics
C. the color of their skin D. the lack of prevention
3. From the passage we can learn that______.
A. skin cancer is incurable
B. about ninety percent of Australians are likely to develop melanoma
C. some young people seem to know little about the danger of overexposure to the sun
D. all moles should be cut out to prevent skin cancer
4. According to Professor John Thompson, the best way to deal with primary cancer is _______.
A. injecting Rose Bengal into tumors B. taking some medicine
C. getting genetic treatment D. having surgical excision
5. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun.
B. Rose Bengal, a weapon against skin cancer.
C. The treatments of the melanoma.
D. The uses of Rose Bengal.
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