Cancer Patients in India

Average Rate of Cancer patients in India

In India out of every one lac of population, 70-90% of public is suffering by cancer disease. Out of these 24 lacs older patients of cancer, 8 lacs new cancer patients are being discovered every year. The type of cancer being found in men (48%) & women (20%) are due to the consumption of tobacco (in the form of beedi, cigarette, pan masala etc.). Males and females of our country, both suffer from mouth and throat cancer, females suffer more from breast and uterus cancer. These three types of cancers constitute more than 50% of the total cancer disease.