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Cancer cases on the rise with over 35,000 new diagnoses annually
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|March 03, 2026
Nearly 35,000 new cancer cases and 19,145 cancer-related deaths are reported annually in Sri Lanka, placing cancer among the leading causes of mortality in the country, according to data published by the National Cancer Control Programme in 2022.
Addressing the 78th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Cancer Society (SLCS), President of the SLCS, Anoja Karunaratne, said cancer remains a major public health challenge globally as well as in Sri Lanka, with a significant impact on individuals, families and the national health system.
This story is from the March 03, 2026 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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