Tirupati, May 31 -- Over the past three years, theTirupati region in Andhra Pradesh has witnessed a quiet but alarming health crisis as there is a175 per cent surge in new cancer patient registrations.
With total registrations jumping from 2,556 in late 2022 toover 7,000 by the end of 2025, the cancer burden is hitting local families harder than ever. Actual confirmed cancer diagnoses have more than doubled, going from 1,437 to 3,413 in the same period, with nearly 11,000 confirmed cases recorded since mid-2022.
Speaking on the growing crisis, Dr Prasanth, Medical Director Sri Venkateswara Institute of Cancer Care and Advanced Research (SVICCAR), a unit of Tata Cancer Care Foundation, supported by the Tata Trusts, said:"The data clearly s...