New Delhi: An estimated 1,517,204 cancer cases have been detected among women in the last two years in the country, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. “As per the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR - NCRP), the estimated incidence of cancer cases among women in the country for 2022 was 7,49,251 and in 2023 the number was 7,67,953,” said Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Satya Pal Singh Baghel in the Rajya Sabha.
In a written reply to a question on screening infrastructure for cancer in women, Baghel said that the Central government implements strengthening of tertiary care cancer facilities scheme. “In all, 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) have been approved under the said scheme,” he said while replying to a query from TMC MP Derek O’brien.
He informed the National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, have also been set up. “Under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY), setting up of 22 new AIIMS and upgradation of 75 new projects of Government Medical Colleges have been taken up,” Baghel said.
The minister said that the Department of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States and UTs under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD), as part of the National Health Mission (NHM), based on the proposals received from the States and UTs and subject to the resource envelope.