Close the care gap
Steffy Maria Paul
World Cancer Day is celebrated annually on February 4 to create awareness about cancer. The theme for World Cancer Day 2022-2024 is “Close the Care Gap”.
Highest cancer survival rate: Australia
Ishika Sharma
Australia is the country with the highest cancer survival rate, with 1,849.8 survivors per 100,000 people. Along with this, it has 86.2 percent survival rate from breast cancer.
Most prevalent types of cancer across the world
Amisha Mohite
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From breast to lung to colorectal and prostate, the spectrum of cases shows a concerning graph. Millions of people grapple with these diagnoses, navigating the complex terrain of treatments and uncertainties
Women outnumber men in cancer cases across Karnataka districts
Mansi Jagani
Belgaum emerges as a hotspot, reporting a total of 6,578 cases, with 2,835 males and 3,743 females affected. Bagalkote follows closely with 2,637 cases, comprising 1,129 males and 1,508 females. Other districts, including Bijapur, Bidar, Raichur, Koppal, Gadag, and Dharwad, demonstrate a similar trend.
Bangalore tops in the state for most tobacco-related cancer cases
K. Nitika Shivani
Not just smoking, but other smokeless tobacco products like dipping and chewing tobacco can lead to cancer. Tobacco can cause many types of cancers like cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, and oesophagus.
American companies dominate the cancer drug market
Vandana Batra
American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.’s Keytruda generated the highest revenue of $20.9 billion in 2022. There is no Indian pharma company in the race.
Most fatal cancers
Vishnupriya R
Lung cancer leads
Saradhi Shankar
According to the KIDWAI memorial institute of Oncology, the leading site of cancer among men is Lung cancer with a crude rate (CR) of 36.5. followed by prostate cancer with a CR of 36.
10 cancers you’re almost safe from
Arunima Pal
According to data on Healthline, the rarest form of cancer as considered by the National Cancer Institute is Adrenal cortex carcinoma. Adrenocortical carcinoma or adrenal cortex carcinoma is a rare disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the outer layer of the adrenal gland. Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate the body’s metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions.
Pink Ribbon
Ashna Mariam George
Breast cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Out of more than two million new estimated cases in 2020, about one lakh were attributable to alcohol consumption.
