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Nearly 15 lakh patients require facilities for diagnosis, treatment and follow up at a given time. Data from population-based registries under National Cancer Registry Programme indicate that the leading sites of cancer are oral cavity, lungs, esophagus and stomach amongst men and cervix, breast and oral cavity amongst women.
WHO has estimated that 91 per cent of oral cancers in South-East Asia are directly attributable to the use of tobacco and this is the leading cause of oral cavity and lung cancer in India.
Cancer usually occurs in the later years of life and with increase in life expectancy to more than 60 years, an estimate shows that the total cancer burden in India for all sites will increase from 7 lakh new cases per year to 14 lakh by 2026.
Government of India have taken initiatives and they have implemented a National Cancer Control Programme which will help to build capacity to successfully treat cancer across the country.
Under the National Cancer Control Program, we have 25 Regional Cancer Centre in the country providing comprehensive cancer treatment facilities and carrying out cancer prevention and research activities. Nearly 210 institutions in the country having cancer treatment facilities by radiotherapy through out and about 350 Teletherapy units installed in the country. The advances in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment have been phenomenal in the recent past. In the XI five year plan, the focus will be on community based cancer prevention and control strategies.
In India Cancer related to Head and Neck region contributes 30% mortality in Men and 10% in Women.
“Head and Neck Cancer” is the correct name for what is commonly referred to as “throat cancer”. It refers to a variety of malignant tumors that occur in the head and neck region, excluding brain tumors. Most cancers of the head and neck are of a type called carcinoma (in particular squamous cell carcinoma). Carcinomas of the head and neck start in the cells that form the lining of the mouth, nose, throat or ear, or the surface layer covering the tongue.
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