The cancer mortality trend in India has decreased by 0.19 percent annually among men but increased by 0.25 percent among women, which translates to an increase of 0.02 percent among the combined sexes, a recent study said.
The striking findings were part of an analysis of mortality trends of 23 major cancers in the Indian population, which killed 12.85 million Indians between 2000 and 2019.
The study, published in JCO Global Oncology, a journal affiliated with the American Society of Clinical Oncology, was conducted by Ajil Shaji, Dr. Pavithran K, and Dr. Vijaykumar DK from the Amrita Hospital here in collaboration with Dr. Catherine Sauvaget from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of WHO.
The study showed that the cancer mortality trend among men in India has shown a slight yet statistically significant decrease over time, he said.
“In contrast, the increase in cancer mortality among women and both sexes combined has been minor and not statistically significant. Among all common malignancies, women had a higher rate of gallbladder and thyroid cancer mortality than men.
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