Some Interesting Facts and Figures for Cancer: (NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY PROGRAMME 1981-2001  



none in about 15 men and one in about 12 women in the urban areas could develop cancer in


their lifetime


ncancer lung is commonest out of all tobacco related cancers in men


nage adjusted incidence rate of oesophageal cancer in women of bangalore is one of the highest


(8.3 per 1,00,000) in the world.


ncancer of tongue in males at bhopal (8.8 per 1,00,000) is highest in all continents


ngall bladder in delhi women is one of the highest (8.9 per 1,00,000) in the world.


n75-80% patients are in advance stage of the disease at the time first attendence.



nnew cancer patients in india are estimated between 7-9 lakhs

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