- 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.
