Relationships between oncology and military medicine / 军事医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between oncology and military medicine in order to remove theoretical barriers to the development of oncology in military hospitals .Methods The documentary evidence was obtained from cita-tion networks .Results Military hospitals and institutes in China and abroad have conducted studies on oncology , including the long-term survival of Hodgkin′s disease patients in a study of 388 military cases during World War Ⅱ, a study of leuke-mia within the former West Germany Armed Forces , and a study on melanoma in the Armed Forces .Also,some foreign doc-umentation paid special attention to special weapons and equipment , special military operations and special military envi-ronment-related issues of cancer epidemiology , such as cancer following nuclear weapon tests , the association of selected cancers with service in the U .S.military in Vietnam or after the Gulf War .The Military Cancer Institute of the United States published a total of 206 articles between 2001 and 2013 .Conclusion To make closer the relationship between oncol-ogy and military medicine , we should find out more about the relationship between general medicine and military medicine , learn foreign from experience on development of oncology , and explore the military medical value of oncology .