New Delhi, July 28 -- Cancer prevention and early detection must become central to India's healthcare strategy, with a greater emphasis on routine screening rather than symptom-driven diagnosis, leading oncologists, radiologists, and laboratory experts said during a webinar on 'Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer' organised by Mahajan Imaging & Labs.

Reinforcing this shift towards preventive healthcare, the diagnostic network reported a 32% increase in cancer-related diagnostic investigations across its centres in Delhi-NCR between June 2025 and June 2026.

The diagnostic data also showed a growing uptake of preventive screening across key cancers. Pap smear tests increased by 83%, Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) tests by 280%, whil...