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New Delhi February 19, 2014: – At present, the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) being implemented under NRHM for interventions upto the district level includes Cancer prevention, screening, early detection and referral to an appropriate level Institution for treatment.  The focus is on three sites namely breast, cervical and oral cancer.  

 

In addition, the Government has recently approved a scheme for enhancing the Tertiary Care Cancer facilities in the country under NPCDCS. Under the scheme for eligible institutions upto Rs. 45 crores per Tertiary Care Cancer Centre and upto Rs. 120 crores for State Cancer Institute is available to assist 20 State Cancer Institutes and 50 Tertiary Cancer Care Centres in different parts of the country. The Central and State share for the said amount will be in the ratio 75:25 and for North East and Hill States the share would be 90:10. In the 12th  Five Year Plan, Rs. 6000 crores has been allocated under NPCDCS for interventions upto the district level under National Rural Health Mission and an allocation of Rs. 3200 crores for the tertiary care component.    Government of India also supports treatment of cancer through Central Government Hospitals / Institutions in different parts of the country. Financial assistance to patients is also provided under the Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant and Health Minister’s Cancer Fund under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. The treatment in Government institutions is either free or subsidized.

 

The estimated cases of cancer in the country are as follows:

 

 

Estimated Prevalent Cancer cases -Statewise – India – 2013 – Both sexes

States

Prevalent

Jammu & Kashmir

30855

Himachal Pradesh

16462

Punjab

66182

Chandigarh

2530

Uttaranchal

24767

Haryana

61346

Delhi

40055

Rajasthan

166706

Uttar Pradesh

488554

Bihar

256449

Sikkim

1456

Arunachal Pradesh

3132

Nagaland

4353

Manipur

5649

Mizoram

2430

Tripura

8480

Meghalaya

6639

Assam

68556

West Bengal

221635

Jharkhand

81070

Orissa

101190

Chattisgarh

62980

Madhya Pradesh

177649

Gujarat

147064

Daman & Diu

700

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

886

Maharashtra

269652

Andhra Pradesh

209366

Karnataka

148192

Goa

3494

Lakshadweep

164

Kerala

82004

Tamil Nadu

169641

Pondicherry

3132

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

894

Total

2934314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

The Pharma Times News Bureau

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