Prashant Mathur Highlights Cancer Incidence and Mortality Statistics in India
Prashant Mathur, Director and Medical Researcher at NCDIR, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper published on JAMA Network:
“The National Cancer Registry Investigator Group publishes the statistics on cancer incidence, mortality, patterns and trends for India
- Data between 2015-2020 collected from 43 population based cancer registries covering 43 distinct Geographic regions of the country. 5 states fully covered:Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim and TamilNadu
- Reporting on 708,223 cancer cases and 206,457 cancer related deaths for all sites of cancers
- Breast and cervical cancers were most frequent among women
- Oral (mouth) and lung cancers were most common among men.
- The Northeast region displayed distinct cancer patterns, with oesophageal, nasopharyngeal, and stomach cancers being common.
- The study estimated 1.56 million new cancer cases and 0.87 million deaths in India for 2024.
A unique collaborative work between ICMR NCDIR Tata Memorial Center and Breast and cervical cancers.”
Title: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across 43 Cancer Registries in India
Authors: Prashant Mathur, Krishnan Sathishkumar, Priyanka Das, Stephen Santhappan, Jayasankar Sankarapillai, Anita Nath, Monesh Baburao Vishwakarma, Rajaraman Swaminathan, Sampath Pitchaimuthu, Sankaravamsam Venkata Suryanarayana Deo, Nalliah Manoharan, Vinay Deshmane, Shravani Koyande, Sudeep Gupta, Atul Budukh, Boraiah Thejaswini, CR Vijay, Aleyamma Mathew, Preethi Sara George, Satheesan Balasubramanian, Saina Sunilkumar, Shashank Pandya, Anand Shah, Jayanta Chakrabarti, Debasish Jatua, Rekha A. Nair, Arshad Manzoor Najmi, Shaqul Qamar Wani, Sadashivudu Gundeti, Gautam Majumdar, Shiromani Debbarma, B. Paul Thaliath, Radharani Ghosh, Umesh Mahantshetty, Dolorosa Fernandes, Satyajit Pradhan, Divya Khanna, Debabrata Barmon, Tashnin Rahman, Reeni Malik, Atul Shrivastava, Wallambok Langstieh, Vikas Jagtap, Eric Zomawia, Lalchhandama Chhakchhuak, Sushma Khuraijam, Rajesh Singh Laishram, Nandakumar Panse, Vijaya Dulange, Shah Alam Sheikh, Ajit Kumar Dey, Ashish Gulia, Vandita Pahwa, Smita Asthana, Shalini Singh, Vijay Kumar Bodal, Mohanvir Kaur, Anupama Gupta, Jarnail S. Thakur, Rajesh Dikshit, R. Ravi Kannan, Ritesh Tapkire, Suvarna Patil, Monika Sarade, Adity Sharma, Zarika Ahmed, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Ravikant Singh, Ashok Tshering Sherpa, Priya D. Pradhan, Deepali Lokhande, Sushama Saoba, Vinotsole Khamo, K. Shevo Hiese, Sopai Tawsik, Nobin Hage, Kaling Jerang
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