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1.8K Cancer Cases Detected in Tiruchy in Last 4 Years
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|May 13, 2025
A total of 1,877 people were diagnosed with cancer, including 811 with breast cancer, 650 cervical cancer, and 416 with oral cancers, through the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam doorstep health scheme in Tiruchy in the last four years and referred to government hospitals for treatment.
Extending the programme, health minister M Subramaniam on Monday inaugurated state-wide Organised Cancer Screening (OCS) camps at Tiruvallur and 12 other districts. In Tiruchy, collector M Pradeep Kumar inaugurated the camp at a wellness centre in Woraiyur. This is part of Tamil Nadu's ~27-crore cancer control strategy, and the drive focuses on detecting oral, breast, and cervical cancer.
Explaining details, officials said, of Tiruchy's total population of 29,29,523, 22.20 lakh adults will be screened for oral cancer, while 7.67 lakh women will be tested for breast and cervical cancer. The targets are based on population surveys.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tiruchy.
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