Authors :
Akhter Hussain Bhat
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 2 - February
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7643104
Abstract :
Cancer is one of the main causes of death and
illness, and it is also one of the biggest health problems in
the world today. Even though science and medicine have
made a lot of progress, cancer has passed heart disease
as the second-leading cause of death around the world.
About 1 in 6 deaths worldwide are caused by cancer.
Cancer is induced by tendencies and triggers. Tendencies
are caused by internal, genetic factors, whereas external
surroundings, the way someone lives, or an infection
might operate as triggers. Based on the analytical review
of the various secondary sources of data, the present
paper attempts to provide an estimate of the prevailing
trends and patterns of cancer and its associated risk
factors in India. The results so analysed reveal that there
were estimated 1.32 million cancer cases with 0.85
million cancer caused deaths in India in 2020. Breast
cancer is the most common cancer, affecting both sexes
and people of all ages, and it ranks first among all cancer
types. By outlining a detailed discussion of the various
cancer risk factors, the work concludes that India’s
cancer burden is not the outcome of any single factor;
instead, there are hidden socio-cultural trajectories that
need special attention in research and policy
formulation.
Keywords :
Cancer, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Tendencies, Triggers, Treatment
Cancer is one of the main causes of death and
illness, and it is also one of the biggest health problems in
the world today. Even though science and medicine have
made a lot of progress, cancer has passed heart disease
as the second-leading cause of death around the world.
About 1 in 6 deaths worldwide are caused by cancer.
Cancer is induced by tendencies and triggers. Tendencies
are caused by internal, genetic factors, whereas external
surroundings, the way someone lives, or an infection
might operate as triggers. Based on the analytical review
of the various secondary sources of data, the present
paper attempts to provide an estimate of the prevailing
trends and patterns of cancer and its associated risk
factors in India. The results so analysed reveal that there
were estimated 1.32 million cancer cases with 0.85
million cancer caused deaths in India in 2020. Breast
cancer is the most common cancer, affecting both sexes
and people of all ages, and it ranks first among all cancer
types. By outlining a detailed discussion of the various
cancer risk factors, the work concludes that India’s
cancer burden is not the outcome of any single factor;
instead, there are hidden socio-cultural trajectories that
need special attention in research and policy
formulation.
Keywords :
Cancer, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Tendencies, Triggers, Treatment
