CANCER CASES RISING EVERY YEAR
Number of cancer patients is growing at a rate of 1.2% each year raising alarm bells for the government
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GOVERNMENT’S PLAN
A NEW COMPREHENSIVE national programme for prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke for the remaining two years of the 11th Five Year Plan
FOCUS WILL BE ON…
PREVENTION THROUGH behaviour and lifestyle changes
PREVENTION THROUGH behaviour and lifestyle changes
BUILD CAPACITY AT various levels of health care for prevention
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT of common non-communicable diseases
TRAIN HUMAN RESOURCE and establish and develop capacity for palliative and rehabilitative care
DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, basic surgery, chemotherapy and palliative care to cancer patients at 100 districts across 21 States are being provided.
SINCE OVER 70% CANCERS are detected when the disease is too advanced for the treatment to be effective, the Centre is helping states set up labs to detect cancer early and create awareness through the media
SOURCE: INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH / ICONS: RICHA