The Lancet Oncology. The previous month, GLOBOCAN, a trusted source of global cancer
statistics, published its report of cancer incidence in India, using 2018 estimates. 2 The …

On May 18, 2016 new data from cancer registries in India was presented at a workshop at
the Indian Council of Medical Research headquarters (ICMR; New Delhi, India). The report …

Regarding the differences between Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and GLOBOCAN
estimates raised by Chandramohan K and Boben Thomas, GBD uses all available relevant …

Background Previous efforts to report estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in India
and its different parts include the National Cancer Registry Programme Reports, Sample …

Cancer can have profound social and economic consequences for people in India, often
leading to family impoverishment and societal inequity. Reported age-adjusted incidence …

Non-communicable diseases have not been perceived solely as diseases of rich countries
for some time. However, India's high rate of diabetes came as a surprise to many in 2011 …

Cancer kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined and will become
the world's single leading cause of death by 2010. 1 By 2030, it has been estimated that …

India, with a population close to 1· 3 billion, and growing, is epidemiologically interesting
and chal len ging for health-care planners. Regarding cancer burden, the population …

Information about the incidence of cancer is collected, analysed, and disseminated by
population-based cancer registries. It is the basis for a planned response to demands on …

Stuart A McIntosh and colleagues1 reported that the distribution of cancer research funding
from 2016 to 2020, did not align with the global distribution of cancer. We write from the …