‘Inadequate diagnostic
services still a critical gap in cancer care in India’
Cancer cases are projected to reach 2.08 million by 2040 in India, a 57.5% increase from the 2020 figure.SPECIAL arrangement
One of the critical gaps
in cancer care in India is the lack of adequate diagnostic services, says the
latest report by the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), an advisory
body to the Union government for health policy and planning.
India records nearly
2,00,000 new cancer cases each year, the report adds.
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