New study shows breast cancer top killer among women, lung cancer among men in #India

The study, was conducted by an international consortium of researchers, coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

Breast cancer has replaced cervical cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, while deaths due to lung cancer topped the list for men, according to a new study.
‘The Global Burden of Cancer 2013’, published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology, found that liver cancer in India increased by a phenomenal 88 per cent in the last 23 years, while oesophageal cancer increased by 64 per cent.

In 1990, 34,962 women died due to cervical cancer in India. In 2013, 40,985 women died due to cervical cancer while 47,587 died due to breast cancer. Cervical cancer cases, in fact, recorded the lowest increase during this period at 0.2 per cent. This is being attributed to late marriages, drop in fertility rate and better hygiene. On the other hand, breast cancer cases jumped by 166 per cent.