ICMR expressed concern over increasing cases of cancer.
ICMR expressed concern over increasing cases of cancer.
Cancer: Cancer cases are going to increase rapidly in the coming three years in the country. This has been claimed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). ICMR has also said that by 2025, there will be an increase of 12.7 percent in cancer cases. In the last few years, the number of cancer patients in India is increasing rapidly. Seeing the increasing statistics of cancer, experts claimed this.
Things are getting terrible in India
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research i.e. ICMR, the estimated cancer cases in 2020 across states and union territories were 13.92 lakh in 2020, which increased to 14.26 lakh in 2021 and further increased to 14.61 lakh in 2022.
Main reasons for the spread of disease
According to experts, not only heart diseases and respiratory diseases, but cancer cases are also increasing rapidly in the country. Various factors are responsible for the increasing spread of cancer, including increasing age, lifestyle changes, lack of exercise and nutritious diet, etc.
Many times it happens that people are not fully aware of the symptoms of cancer, due to which they are not able to detect the disease on time and there is a lot of delay in the treatment. Cancer continues to grow in the body due to lack of early treatment. That’s why it has become very important to spread awareness about cancer among people, so that people can get their treatment done in time.
Most common cancer in India
According to the statistics of the last few years, the highest number of oral and lung cancer cases have been reported in men in India. At the same time, the highest number of cases among women have been of breast and uterine cancer.
According to the Bangalore-based ICMR National Center for Disease Informatics and Research, there has been an increase of about 24.7 per cent in all types of cancer data from 2015 to 2022. NCDIR has told that children of 14 years of age are at high risk of getting lymphoid leukemia ie cancer associated with blood. To avoid cancer, it has become very important to create awareness among people about it.
How to avoid this dangerous disease
Media reports have quoted doctors as saying that ageing, genetics, family history, tobacco use, obesity, alcoholism, viral infections such as human papillomavirus, chemicals in the environment, pollution, exposure to the sun’s harmful UV rays, poor diet, physical Lack of activity and certain hormones and bacteria are among the reasons for the spread of this dreaded disease. To avoid this disease, it is necessary that the doctor should be consulted immediately as soon as the symptoms of cancer appear.
People should keep distance from tobacco and alcohol to avoid cancer. Eat a balanced diet and exercise daily. Get vaccinated for Hepatitis B, HPV early. If someone has had this disease in someone’s family history, then the members of that family should get themselves tested immediately. Otherwise it can prove to be terrible for their health. Doctors say that cancer cases are increasing in India. In such a situation, there is a need to be very careful.
