Sunday, February 28, 2016

Cancer scare continues, cases twofold in India: study

Shocking and still uncontrollable! The figured statistics shows that cancer cases have increased almost double in the India since last two years. Nearly 5 per cent increase have been witnessed in cancer and things are turning bad as cancer is second big threat to human being after cardiovascular disease.


Reports have confirmed that Indian population statistics shows that the death rate due to cancer in India was alarming and high in 1990 and 2013 but it had been increased 5 percent between in 2012 and 2014. In 1990, the fatality rate was reported to be about 12 percent, later in 2013, it was increased by 3 percent around the world. On Friday, the latest report ‘Global Burden of Cancer-2013′ has been released and as per report, deaths from the cancer have increased by 60% in India.
Health minister JP Nadda has given reports on Friday in which he said, “The increase in cancer cases may be attributed to ageing population, unhealthy lifestyles, use of tobacco and tobacco products, unhealthy diet etc”. Nadda also confirms that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is carrying out a National Cancer Registry Programme based on 29 population-based and 29 hospital-based registries.

source:http://www.livepunjab.com

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