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Cancer Statistics, 2020: Report From National Cancer Registry Programme, India

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Mathur, Prashant, Sathishkumar, Krishnan, Chaturvedi, Meesha, Das, Priyanka, Sudarshan, Kondalli Lakshminarayana, Santhappan, Stephen, Nallasamy, Vinodh, John, Anish +3 more·2020·JCO Global Oncology
DOI 10.1200/go.20.00122PMC PMC7392737
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PURPOSE: The systematic collection of data on cancer is being performed by various population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) and hospital-based cancer registries (HBCRs) across India under the National Cancer Registry Programme–National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research of Indian Council of Medical Research since 1982. METHODS: This study examined the cancer incidence, patterns, trends, projections, and mortality from 28 PBCRs and also the stage at presentation and type of treatment of patients with cancer from 58 HBCRs (N = 667,666) from the pooled analysis for the composite period 2012-2016. Time trends in cancer incidence rate were generated as annual percent change from 16 PBCRs (those with a minimum of 10 years of continuous good data available) using Joinpoint regression. RESULTS: Aizawl district (269.4) and Papumpare district (219.8) had the highest age-adjusted incidence rates among males and females, respectively. The projected number of patients with cancer in India is 1,392,179 for the year 2020, and the common 5 leading sites are breast, lung, mouth, cervix uteri, and tongue. Trends in cancer incidence rate showed an increase in all sites of cancer in both sexes and were high in Kamrup urban (annual percent change, 3.8%; P < .05). The majority of the patients with cancer were diagnosed at the locally advanced stage for breast (57.0%), cervix uteri (60.0%), head and neck (66.6%), and stomach (50.8%) cancer, whereas in lung cancer, distant metastasis was predominant among males (44.0%) and females (47.6%). CONCLUSION: This study provides a framework for assessing the status and trends of cancer in India. It shall guide appropriate support for action to strengthen efforts to improve cancer prevention and control to achieve the national noncommunicable disease targets and the sustainable development goals.

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Mathur, P., Sathishkumar, K., Chaturvedi, M., Das, P., Sudarshan, K. L., Santhappan, S., Nallasamy, V., John, A., Narasimhan, S., Roselind, F. S., & on behalf of ICMR-NCDIR-NCRP Investigator Group
Affiliations
National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (IN)
Corresponding author
Mathur, Prashant
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Venue
JCO Global Oncology
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Published
2020-11
Volume
6
Issue
6
Pages
1063-1075
ISSN
2687-8941 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1200/go.20.00122
PMC
PMC7392737
OpenAlex
W3042980549
Cited by
1,204
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Keywords
cancer incidence, cancer mortality, cancer incidence trends, cancer projections, cancer treatment patterns, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, oral cancer, India, population-based cancer registry, hospital-based cancer registry, cancer control
MeSH terms
Cancer Care Facilities, Female, Humans, India, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Registries, Incidence

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