Panchkula, Aug. 3 -- Cancer cases are projected to rise steadily across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, reflecting a nationwide trend that will push India's annual cancer burden to nearly 1.57 million cases by 2025, the union Health Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha.
Replying to an unstarred question, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav said estimates prepared by the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) show that annual cancer incidence in the country is projected to increase from 1,426,447 cases in 2021 to 1,569,793 cases in 2025, an increase of about 10 per cent over five years.
Among the northern states, Punjab is projected to re...