Concerns about dangerous diseases like cancer are increasing all over the world. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), one in nine Indians is likely to develop cancer during their lifetime as the disease is expected to increase by 12.8 per cent between 2020 and 2025. In fact, from 2015 to 2025, there has been an estimated increase of 27.7 percent in cases of all types of cancer. This has been reported by the ICMR-National Center for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru, which oversees the National Cancer Registry.
Men are reported to be more likely to develop five types of cancer, including cancer of the lung (10.6 per cent), mouth (8.4 per cent), prostate (6.1 per cent), tongue (5.9 per cent) and stomach (4.8 per cent).
Whereas, in females, it includes breast (28.8 per cent), cervix (10.6 per cent), ovary (6.2 per cent), corpus uteri (3.7 per cent) and lung (3.7 per cent).
Cancer cases in men were 6,01,737 in the year 2015, which is estimated to increase to 7,63,575 by 2025. At the same time, the cases of women were 6,27,202 in 2015, which may increase to 8,06,218 in 2025. The highest number of cancer cases have been reported in the age group of 40-64 years. Lung cancer has been the highest in men above 40 years of age, while women of this age were mostly affected by breast cancer.
Men and women mainly suffer from lung and breast cancer. Lymphoid leukemia (29.2 percent of boys and 24.2 percent of girls) is the most common cancer in young children (0-14 years). Compared to 2020, there is an estimated increase of 12.8 percent in cancer cases in 2025.
Cancer death rate increases due to bad air
Dr Hrishikesh Solanki, oncologist at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai, said, “The poor AQI in metro cities has added to the problem. Cancer treatment has always presented a challenge, but bad air has increased a patient’s chance of death by more than 80 percent. It has also had an adverse effect on the number of new cancer cases. It is difficult to give a number of cancer cases at this stage, but I would say that there is about a 60 per cent chance of getting cancer due to bad air.”
However, prostate (12.3 per cent) cancer is the second leading cause of death in men over 65 years of age, after lung (13.1 per cent), while lymphoid leukemia (a cancer of the blood and nervous system of the brain) is the second leading cause of cancer in children aged 0 to 14 years. Bone marrow cancer) cancer is more. It is estimated that by the year 2025, there will be 81,219 cases of lung cancer in men, while there will be 2,32,832 cases of breast cancer in women.
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