Cancer in India to Double Every 20 Years

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Cancer in India to double every 20 years
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• The threat of cancer in India is growing day by
  day as the medical field advances, demographic
  factors, mutation in DNA, incompetent health
  services by the private sector and delayed
  diagnosis and treatment. In India, the cancer
  burden has doubled over the last 26 years. The
  four main cancers that are most common and pose a
  threat to the huge population of the country are
  breast cancer, cervical cancer, oral cancer, and
  lung cancer which together constitute 41 of
  cancer burden. Oral cancer is the number one
  cancer among males and breast cancer among
  females. Here is an overview of the most common
  cancers and their reasons in different regions of
  India
• North-east region It has the highest cancer
  rate. The most common cancers are oral and
  stomach cancer due to tobacco and household
  burning of firewood.
• West Bengal The leading cancers are urinary
  bladder cancer and lung cancer due to air and
  water pollution.
• South and coastal region Due to a diet rich in
  salts, the people here suffer mainly from stomach
  cancer.
• Goa Due to the extreme consumption of red meat,
  alcohol, and tobacco, colon cancer is the most
  common.
• Gujarat and Rajasthan Most leading cancers are
  head and neck cancer due to tobacco and pan
  masala.
• Punjab, Malwa Belt This area has all cancers
  higher than average. Due to pollution and
  pesticide toxin in food, people here suffer from
  Kidney, urinary bladder and breast cancer.

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• As India continues to age, a recent study shows
  that cancer cases will double every 20 years.
  People gradually move from high birth and high
  death state like India was in 1900 to high birth
  and low death and then a low birth and low death
  phase when deaths from infectious diseases get
  controlled. Life expectancy keeps on increasing
  and hence degenerative diseases and cancers
  increase, said Mallath, who is a senior doctor
  at the department of digestive diseases at TMC.
  This is termed Epidemiological Transition Levels
  (ETL) by public health experts. Indias states
  are at different ETL stages while Kerala is
  strong, Uttar Pradesh is lowest. The lower ETL
  countries have a stronger index of growth and
  higher cancer rates.
• Almost 40 to 50 of cancers are due to mutations
  during DNA replication and the longer a person
  lives, the higher the chances of accumulation of
  random mutations. That means if a person doesnt
  die at a young age due to infection or trauma,
  chances are that she/he will die at an older age
  from non-communicable disease, including cancer.
  Cancer in India will bear the biggest burden in
  the next 10-20 years, as cancer cases will double
  every 20 years.
• For now, the only solution to this future seems
  early detection and prevention of cancer.
  Governments should do everything possible to
  diagnose cancer early and treat it properly.
  Patients suffer in the confusion between the
  co-responsibilities of the Center-State. The
  state should not abandon the cancer care system
  to private hospitals. There is no question that
  out-of-pocket spending for private care is much
  higher.
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