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15 Jan 2023 10:47:27 AMCancer Statistics India 2020 - Projected Incidence Urological Cancers
Dear All,
Indian ICMR-NCDIR-NCRP
Investigator Group have brought out the Statistics of Cancers in India,
published in 2020. This study reports the cancer
incidence, patterns, trends, projections, cancer mortality, and clinical
aspects of stage at presentation and treatment for the period 2012-2016 from 28
population-based and 58 hospital-based cancer registries in India under the
network of the National Cancer Registry Programme.
The highest cancer incidence rate was observed in the NE region
than other areas in the country. A substantial proportion of patients with
cancer from the NE region are traveling outside the NE for treatment and cancer
care.
The projected incidence of patients with cancer is higher for females
(712,758) than males (679,421) for the year 2020. The projected national cancer
incidence burden in 2020 will be 98.7 per 100,000 populations (1,392,179
patients) as a conservative estimate.
As regards us Urologists are concerned; none of the Cancers that
are considered as Urological come in reckoning among other Cancers. Thus
Urological Cancers according to this study do not warrant any implementation of
Public Health action for control of cancer.
Recently we have gone ga, ga over the so called higher incidence
of Urological Cancers and the need for Governmental support for its detection
and appropriate treatments. In India, communicable disease is still rampant
requiring all Governmental Attention and thus major share of finances allocated
for health should be spent towards Eradicating Communicable diseases. Cancers
definitely need special attention from the Government as to its possible
prevention, early detection and appropriate treatments.
Should the Governments heed to our cries. It is going to be ‘cry
in the wilderness’ for many more years to come. All we can do is to offer the
best possible treatments to those who approach us at relatively low cost which
could be affordable for the vast majority of Indians. Aping the West and thus implementing
the treatments they propose which are costly, though it would be beneficial to
some, should not be our aim. We should cut the ‘sleeve according to the
material available’ and not vice versa.
I am providing the Statistics of Urological Cancers that we deal
with extracted from the table provided in the article for our benefit. (PDF
attached).
I am also proving the link for the article ‘Cancer
Statistics, 2020: Report from National Cancer
Registry Programme, India’ for those interested to understand the cancer
patterns in India.
https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/GO.20.00122
(Downloadable PDF available)
With Warm regards,
Venu
Comments(3)
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Dr. Roy Chally
06 May 2021 06:18:24 PMInteresting useful data. Among all GU cancers Prostate comes first. Our longevity has increased. Why there is a higher incidence of cancer in North East India?
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Dr. Roy Chally
09 May 2021 10:03:33 PMInteresting useful data. Among all GU cancers Prostate comes first. Our longevity has increased. Why there is a higher incidence of cancer in North East India?
Dr. Roy Chally
06 May 2021 06:18:21 PMInteresting useful data. Among all GU cancers Prostate comes first. Our longevity has increased. Why there is a higher incidence of cancer in North East India?