The World Health Organization (WHO) released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer released on February 1, 2024.
Globally, the number of new cancer cases has increased by 20 million.
1,413,316 new cancer cases have been reported in India in 2022. Out of this, 691,178 are men and 722,138 are women.
Breast cancer had the highest number (192,020) of new cases in India. It accounts for 13.6 per cent of all patients.
Breast cancer was followed by lip and oral cavity (143,759 new cases, 10.2 per cent), cervix and uterine (127,526 new cases, 9 per cent), lung (81,748, 5.8 per cent), and oesophagal cancers (70,637 new cases, 5.5 per cent).
Lung cancer with 2.5 million new cases is the most common occurring cancer in the world.
Female breast cancer ranked second (2.3 million cases, 11.6 per cent), followed by colorectal cancer (1.9 million cases, 9.6 per cent).
9.7 million people have died around the world due to cancer in 2022. 916,827 cancer deaths were reported in India alone in 2022.
Globally, India accounted for 40 per cent of deaths that occurred due to cervical cancer.
By 2050, it is anticipated that the nations with the highest HDI will have had additional 4.8 million new cancer cases.
