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According to national control programme of cancer, diabetes and heart diseases, all of the following are true EXCEPT:

A
According to WHO, Coronary Heart disease is considered as a modern epidemic i.e., a disease that affects the population, not an unavoidable attribute of ageing.
B
According to the stroke control programme, first priority goes to control of Diabetes, elimination of smoking, prevention and management of other risk factors.
C
Cancer is characterized by group of diseases i.e., abnormal cell growth, ability to invade adjacent tissues, distant organs , eventual death of affected person if tumor has progressed beyond the stage .The DALYs lost world wide due to cancer is 77.812 .
D
Diabetes is an "ice berg" disease . Increase in both prevalence and incidence of type 2 DM globally is associated with industrialization & socio-economic development.
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Ans.(b) According to the stroke control programme, first priority goes to control of Diabetes, elimination of smoking, prevention and management of other risk factors.Ref.: K. Park 23rd ed. / 472According to the STROKE CONTROL PROGRAMME the first priority goes to control of arterial hypertension which is the major cause of stroke.
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