India National Cancer Awareness Day

India observes National Cancer Awareness Day on November 7 of each year. The purpose of this day is to increase public awareness of cancer, a serious medical condition. The first nation to institute this observance was India. Madame Marie Curie, a trailblazer in the field of cancer research, was born on this day. Everyone is urged by the Union Health Ministry to lead healthy lives and undergo routine checkups.

Cancer Awareness in India: Importance and Statistics

• It is important to spread awareness about cancer because the incidence is gradually increasing in India.
• Awareness creates chances of early diagnosis, which equals favorable results. 
• These include publicity criticizing or advocating for such changes, such as no use of tobacco and alcoholic drinks.
• Estimates show that GLOBOCAN shows that about 916,827 cancer mortalities occur annually.
• The lifetime risk of cancer in India is 1 in 9, but this is the total risk for all types of cancer; for a particular type, like lung cancer or breast cancer, the risk is somewhat different.
• Other forecasters like GLOBOCAN anticipate that the current global cancer incidence of about 1,296,000 will have increased to 2,080,000 by around 2040, meaning an increase of 57.5% from 2020.
• When broken down by state, the top cancer incidence in 2022 has reached 1,461,427, and it is projected to reach 12,800,000 by 2025.