Nearly 6,000 more may get cancer by 2025
The Hindu
Data taken from ‘Profile of Cancer and Related Factors’ released by NCDIR of ICMR in September
Around 6,000 more people in Telangana may be diagnosed with cancer in 2025 compared to figures in 2020. While 47,620 people were projected to have cancer in 2020, the incidence in 2025 is estimated to be 53,565, which means 12.48% (5,945) more might get cancer in the five-year period.
This has alarmed oncologists from the State, who have appealed to people to take measures to prevent the disease, loss of lives, and financial and emotional distress associated with it.
The projections are from the ‘Profile of Cancer and Related Factors-Telangana’ released by the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in the fourth week of September.