To Provide Comprehensive Cancer Care to One and All through Excellence in Service, Research and Education
As premiere cancer centre in the country, we will provide leadership for guiding the national policy and strategy for cancer care by:
| Total Population | 1,240,000,000 | ||
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| Income Group | Lower Middle | ||
| Total Deaths | 9,816,000 | ||
| Life Expectancy at birth | Total | 66 | |
| Male | 64 | ||
| Female | 68 | ||
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| Adult Risk Factors | Current tobacco smoking (2011 Data) | Males | 25% |
| Females | 3.90% | ||
| Total | 14.7% | ||
| Total alcohol per capita consumption, in litres of pure alcohol (2010 Data) | Males | 8 | |
| Females | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 4.3 | ||
| Physical inactivity (2010 Data) | Males | 9.2% | |
| Females | 15.1% | ||
| Total | 12.1% | ||
| Obesity (2014 Data) | Males | 3.1% | |
| Females | 6.5% | ||
| Totals | 4.7% | ||
| Household solid fuel use (2012 Data) | Males | NA | |
| Females | NA | ||
| Total | 63% | ||
| Cancer Plans, Monitoring, and Surveillance | Has an operational cancer policy/strategy/action plan | Yes | |
| Has a cancer registry | |||
| Scope | Population-based | ||
| Coverage | Subnational | ||
| Last Year of Data | 2008 | ||
| Cancer Primary Prevention Policies | Tobacco Control | Has an operational policy, strategy or action plan to reduce the burden of tobacco use | Yes |
| Smoke-free legislation | Data not categorized | ||
| Tobacco dependence treatment | NRT and/or some cessation services (neither cost-covered) | ||
| Warning labels | No warnings or small warnings | ||
| Bans on advertising, promotion and sponsorship | Ban on national television, radio and print media as well as on some but not all other forms of direct and/or indirect advertising | ||
| Tobacco taxes | 26-50% of retail price is tax | ||
| Overweight and obesity prevention and control | Has an operational policy, strategy or action plan for reducing overweight/obesity | Yes | |
| Physical inactivity prevention and control | Has an operational policy, strategy or action plan to reduce physical inactivity and/or promote physical activity | Yes | |
| Harmful use of alcohol prevention and control | Has an operational policy, strategy or action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol | Yes | |
| National Immunization | Human Papillomavirus vaccination schedule | NA | |
| Hepatitis B vaccination schedule | Birth, +6 weeks, +10 weeks, +14 weeks | ||
| Hepatitis B vaccination coverage, infants | 67% | ||
| Cancer Screening and Early Detection | Cervical Cancer | Cervical cytology (PAP) | Generally available at the public primary health care level |
| Acetic Acid Vizualization (VIA) | Generally available at the public primary health care level | ||
| Breast Cancer | Breast palpation / clinical breast exam (CBE) | Generally available at the public primary health care level | |
| Mammogram | Generally available at the public primary health care level | ||
| Colorectal Cancer | Faecal occult blood test or faecal immunological test | Not generally available at the public primary health care level | |
| Bowel cancer screening by exam or colonoscopy | Not generally available at the public primary health care level | ||
| Cancer Treatment and Palliative Care | Radiotherapy | Not generally available in the public health system | |
| Total high energy teletherapy units / million inhabitants | 0 | ||
| Number of radiotherapy centres | 314 | ||
| Number of radiation oncologists | 353 | ||
| Chemotherapy (medicines not specified) | Generally available in the public health system | ||
| Oral morphine (formulation not specified) | Not generally available in the public health system | ||
| Non-methadone morphine equivalent consumption per cancer death (mg) | NA | ||
| Community/home care for people with advanced stage cancer and other NCDs | Not generally available | ||
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| SOURCE | Extracted from: WHO Cancer Country Profiles 2014 (https://www.who.int/cancer/country-profiles/ind_en.pdf?ua=1) as of 2019/05/30 | ||
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