
GoI should act on the recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee on health that cancer be made a healthcare providers to report every case to authorities. So far states like UP, Bihar, Maharashtra and MP have dithered on this. The panel has noted with dismay that various population-based and hospital cancer registries cover just 10% of the Indian population though the programme began four decades ago. With just 22% of registered deaths medically certified, all we have are estimates. ICMR estimates there are 14 lakh cases and 7 lakh deaths annually.
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