‘Clinicopathological Profile of Cancers in India: A Report of the Hospital Based Cancer Registries 2021’

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Proportion of all cancer cases higher in men: study

Concept –

The proportion of all cancer cases was higher in men (52.4%) than women (47.4%), noted the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) ‘Clinicopathological Profile of Cancers in India: A Report of the Hospital Based Cancer Registries, 2021’.
In women, gynaecological cancers, including breast cancer, comprised over half of all cancers.
Childhood (0-14 years) cancers constitute 7.9% of all cancers.
The report said that cancers of the head and neck region accounted for nearly one third (31.2%) of the cancers among men.