Cancer: a non communicable disease on rise in India

New cancer case to rise 21% in 7 years.

India to have 1.32 million cancer patients by 2020.

Increase in incidence of cancers of lung, thyroid and brain tumor is rising among the young.

Gall bladder cancer in women seems to be rising  
(apart from breast and uterine cancer)

as is kidney cancer in males.

(Decreasing cervical and increasing breast cancer is the trend in developed countries.)

"People are getting addicted to luxurious lifestyles and avoid physical work. There is hardly any space for exercise or walking in their daily schedules, but they have created a lot of space for liquor and tobacco,"

"India is a rare country in the sense that it imposes 11 to 20 percent customs duty on imported cancer medical equipment, while these items actually deserve to be given incentives. But we can't hope for a sensible decision from the country that spends roughly just one percent of its GDP on public health,"

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http://fagoniacreticaforcancer.com/New-Cancer-cases-rise.aspx

The latest findings of National Registry Program (NRCP)
of the Indian Council of the Medical Research (ICMR) shows that
new cases growing at roughly 2.8% a year, leading to the projection of a 21% increase in the 7years. Estimated new cases stood at 1,086,783 in 2013, projected to 1,148,692 in 2015 and 1,320,928 in 2020.

Indian states most affected with following types of cancer:
National Center for Disease Informatics and Research ( a dedicated Government institute of India which collects cancer data) in their latest report from 2009 to 2011 says that Aizawal district in Mizoram shows the highest AAR (Age Adjusted Rate) in both males and females. All PBCRs (population Bases Cancer Registries) in Gujrat and Maharshtra and Bhopal PBCR have revealed mouth as leading site of cancer while cancer of Oesophagus leads in registries in Assam and Meghalaya. Stomach cancer is largest cancer in Sikkim and Mizoram while the cancer of the Nasopharynx is leading cancer in Nagaland.

The scientific advisory committee of the program has recommended making cancer a notifiable disease.

Press reports in Indian media about
increasing in incidence of cancer
Dainik Bhaskar/08.09.2013

At present only Punjab and Tripura states of India make reporting mandatory. The recommendation is under consideration.

Private medical colleges and hospitals in the country are planning to come up with a program to help the poor sections of society to face this menace of new uprising in these two non communicable diseases: Diabetes and Cancer.

On the initiatives of WHO, the health ministers of South East Asian nations are soon going to meet to discuss some common strategies to tackle these diseases.

(National News Network, New Delhi reports)