dreadful numbers in India
Incidence of cancer is 70-90 per 1 lakh population
2.5 million already affected in 1.2 billion population
8 lakh new cases and 5.50 lakh deaths occur every year
India contributes to 8 per cent of global cancer mortality
KLES diabetologist warns of rising cancer cases
Appeals to Goans to take advantage of frequent camps
BELAGAVI
Noted diabetologist and chief of the KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Dr MV Jali has alerted citizens about the rising cases of cancer in recent years.
Dr Jali, who is also the director-in-charge of the KLES Cancer Hospital here, was speaking on the occasion of the free screening of cancer that was conducted on Thursday.
Over 200 people from north Karnataka and Goa region were screened free for cancer under the theme ‘Beat the Cancer.’
Speaking further, Dr Jali emphasised upon the need for getting screened for cancer at least once in a year, so as to get adequate prevention and cure if detected at an early stage. He also appealed to the people of Goa to take advantage of the check-up camps conducted at regular intervals.
Stating that the incidence of cancer in India is 70-90 per 1 lakh population out of the current population of 1.27 billion, he said cancer prevalence is established to be around 2.5 million with over 8 lakh new cases and 5.50 lakh deaths occurring each year.
“Over 70 per cent of the cases present in advanced stage account for poor survival and high mortality. About 6 per cent deaths in India are due to various types of cancer which contribute to 8 per cent of global cancer mortality,” he said.
“In recent times, there has been increase in incidence of cancer in India as nearly two people are diagnosed every minute with cancer. This is mainly attributed to urbanisation, industrialisation, life style changes, population growth and increase in life span,” Dr Jali added.
Referring to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, he said in males the most common are cancers of mouth/pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, lung/bronchi while as in females, the common cancers are cervix, breast, mouth/oropharynx and oesophagus.
“Whereas the major three cancers contributing were cancers of stomach, oesophagus and colon cancers,” he said.
Dr Kotur and cancer specialists Dr Vinchurkar, Dr Imtiyaz, Dr Rohan Bhise, Dr Rajendra Metgudmath. Dr Prabhu, Dr Adarsh Sanikop and Dr Gurucharan screened the patients for cancer.
