Report predicts over 11% rise in State’s cancer burden by 2025
The Hindu
In 2020, breast cancer contributed 27.9% of the total burden in females, the highest among all cancers in Karnataka
New cancer cases in Karnataka are likely to increase to 97,130 cases by 2025 — a 11.4% increase from the incidence of 85,968 cases in 2020 based on the current trends.
This projection is according to “The Clinicopathological Profile of Cancers in India: A Report of the Hospital Based Cancer Registries, 2021” prepared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Informatics & Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru. The figures were released on Friday, World Cancer Research Day.
According to the report, the projected incidence of cancer cases in Karnataka in 2025 in females is 51,437, a 11.61% increase compared to the incidence of 45,465 in 2020. Whereas in males, the rise in projected incidence is 45,693, a 11.3% increase compared to the incidence of 40,503 in 2020.
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