Nagpur: Approximately 3 million people are suffering from cancer of some type in India and one million new cases are detected every year. In one-third of these patients, the disease is detected in the terminal stage.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, oncologist Dr Sushil Mandhaniya said that as per the National Cancer Registry data, threefold increase in incidence is expected in the next two decades.
The commonest cancers are tobacco related cancers of oral cavity, throat and lungs. Of these, tobacco induced cancers will increase from 1,90,244 in 2010 to 2,25,241 in 2020. Cancers of the uterus, cervix and breast in women will also go up. In males, most common cancers are head and neck (1,22,643) digestive system (1,07,030), lymphoma and leukaemia (62,648).
In females, the most common cancers is gynaecological (1,53,850), digestive tract (86,006), lymphoma and leukaemia (41,541) and of these breast cancer alone will cross 1,00,000 by 2020.
Talking about Nagpur, Dr Mandhaniya said city reported 9,447 cases in 5 years (2005-2009) with average 1,889 new cancer cases per year.
In males, the most common cancer was oral and pharynx (23.9%), digestive tract (20.4%), respirator (14.4%) and lymphoma and leukaemia (11.4%). In females, the most common cancers were breast (16.4%), digestive tract (16.6%), oral and pharynx (15.6%).
But if we go with single site, most common cancer per 1,00,000 population in male is larynx (7.0), lung (6.5), oesophagus (6.2), female breast (29.1), cervix (14.8) and ovary (5.7). Most common cause of cancer death per 1,00,000 population in male was leukaemia (1.9), lung (1.7), oesophagus (1.3) and females breast (3.0), cervix (1.2) and leukaemia (1.1).
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