Prostate cancer and ovarian cancer have risen sharply in Bengaluru over the past two decades, according to the ICMR’s latest national cancer registration program released on Tuesday.
In addition, Bengaluru is one of the sites where cancer-related cancers among females are quite high. It is also ranked among the top seven sites for cancer among boys and girls (0-14 years). For boys, the prevalence is 114.2 per million, while for girls it is 82.7.
These are some of the data from the latest report from the Indian Council of Medical Research of the National Cancer Registry Program that is collecting data for the first time from 28 population-based and 58 hospital-based cancer registries.
The report shows lung and stomach cancer for men and breast cancer and cancer for women are currently the two most common types of cancers found among those living in Bengaluru.
But a comparison between the 1982-91 data with those from 2005-2014 showed how the disease pattern has changed in the last two decades.
Previously, there were not too many prostate cancers (7th place in 1982-91), but it went up to third place in the category 2004-2015. Also, two decades ago, there was no liver cancer among the top ten for men, but it now occupied the sixth slot.
Earlier throat cancer (hypopharynx and larynx) among men was common, but it is now no longer among the top ten causes.
Similarly, the incidence of ovarian cancer has risen sharply to become the third leading cause of cancer among females, stepping out of the sixth slot two decades ago.
The ICMR report estimates that by 2020 India will pick up 13.9 lakhs of cancer cases, which will increase to 15.7 lakhs by 2025, based on current trends – an increase of 12%. By 2020, tobacco-related cancers are estimated to contribute 3.7 lakhs (27%) of the total cancer burden.
The northeast remains the cancer capital of India with the highest incidence of 269.4 cancers per 100,000 male population in the Aizawl district of Mizoram. Among the females, the highest incidence of cancer was reported in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh (219.8). The lowest incidents come from Beed and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra.
Although most registries report a declining trend in cervical cancer, there is a significant increase in the incidence rates of breast cancer in women, and lung and head and neck cancers in both men and women. Cancers related to the use of any form of tobacco were highest in the Northeastern region of the country and in higher proportions in men.
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