Regional Cancer Centres are dedicated to providing specialised services in cancer diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. They also have dedicated research facilities and education programs in oncology. Locate them here.
By Anuja Venkatachalam
Global efforts to prevent and cure cancer have met with little success as cancer kills over 9 million people every year.
The latest World Health Statistics Report released by the World Health Organization in December 2020 shows that countries have made considerable progress in reducing deaths from HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other Neglected tropical diseases, however, the same cannot be said for noncommunicable diseases. There has been an increase in the number of deaths caused by cancer since 2000, constituting 22% of the 41 million deaths caused by noncommunicable diseases in 2018.
National Cancer Programmes across the world have identified that the key to effectively reducing mortality from cancer lies in early screening, detection and treatment. Measures to enforce these interventions have seen success as cancer, today is 19% less likely to kill prematurely than it was in the 2000s.
The implementation of these interventions, however, requires dedicated infrastructure that is scarce in most developing countries. They rarely even have dedicated oncology departments in hospitals. It is with this premise that the Government of India launched the National Cancer Control Programme in 1975, disbursing central government funds to equip existing cancer care facilities and establish new facilities dedicated to cancer research, education, prevention and treatment.
There are currently 28 Regional cancer centres across India that provide specialised services for cancer diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. They also lead India’s research in cancer, and implement programs to create greater awareness at the grassroots.
Health Analytics Asia has geographically mapped the 28 Regional cancer centres across India.
Click on the centre in the Google map below to see their contact information.
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