Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Review of recent cancer statistics: an Indian Perspective

Dr Neelesh Jain, Dr Gourav Gupta, Dr Sumit Bichpuria, Dr Jai Rai, Mr Abhishek Mishra, Dr Sandeep Ojha

Abstract :

There has been a significant improvements in the quality of cancer care all around the world over the last decade but still remains one of the most dreaded ailments which instantly triggers a situation where the shadow of death becomes a constant companion. Obviously the risk has been mitigated significantly with the advancement of care programs and medical technology, but still the timely diagnosis and optimal treatment are the biggest challenge. The debilitating impact of a cancer incidence is catastrophic, not only to the patient but in the collective psyche of his near and dear ones, given its financial, emotional and social implications. India, with a population close to 1•3 billion, and growing, is epidemiologically interesting and challenging for health–care planners. Regarding cancer burden, the population demographics, health policies, health–data recording, access to health care, and affordability have all improved substantially during the period between 1990 and 2016, as reported by the India State–Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators in their Global Burden of Disease paper in The Lancet Oncology. [1] According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015, cancer is the first or second leading cause of death before age 70 years in 91 of 172 countries, and it ranks third or fourth in an additional 22 Countries.[2] As per GLOBOCAN 2018 report, worldwide there is an estimated 18.1 million new cancer cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 as stated in figure.1. In both sexes combined, lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer (11.6% of the total cases) and the leading cause of cancer death (18.4% of the total cancer deaths), closely followed by female east cancer (11.6%), prostate cancer (7.1%), and colorectal cancer (6.1%) for incidence and colorectal cancer (9.2%), stomach cancer (8.2%), and liver cancer (8.2%) for mortality (Fig. 2). [3] The same reports state that, in 2018 there were 11,57,294 new cancer cases in India in both men and women, 7,84,821 deaths and 22,58,208 people living with cancer (within 5 years of diagnosis). Top 5 cancers that affect Indian population are Breast, Oral, cervical, gastric and lung cancers.

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REVIEW OF RECENT CANCER STATISTICS: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE, Dr Neelesh Jain, Dr Gourav Gupta, Dr Sumit Bichpuria, Dr Jai Rai, Mr Abhishek Mishra, Dr Sandeep Ojha INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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