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Cancer cases high in UP, Maha, Bihar, Bengal & TN
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|March 22, 2025
UTTAR Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu are the five states that report higher incidence of cancer cases in the country, the Centre said Friday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav said that in view of the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the ministry has launched a campaign from February 20 to March 31 to achieve 100% screening of people aged 30 years and above. "The campaign is conducted nationwide across Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and other healthcare facilities," he said.
Quoting the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), the minister said the five states with higher incidence of cancer cases are UP (2,10,958 cases), Maharashtra (1,21,717), West Bengal (1,13,581), Bihar (1,09,274) and Tamil Nadu (93,536).
This story is from the March 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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