Mysore/Mysuru: “Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in India. It accounts for 5.9 percent of all new cancer cases and 8.1 percent of all cancer-related deaths in both men and women,” said Senior Medical Oncologist, HCG Bharath Hospital & Institute of Oncology (HCG BHIO), Mysuru, Dr. K. G. Srinivas.
Addressing media persons as part of World Lung Cancer Day at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city recently, Dr. Srinivas said, “The estimated incidence of lung cancer in India in 2021 was 1,09,000 cases in males and 45,000 cases in females. The crude incidence rate of lung cancer in India is 6.9 per one lakh population, but this varies significantly by State. The States with the highest lung cancer incidence rates are Mizoram (average of 28.3 per lakh), Kerala (average of 27.2 per lakh) and Manipur (average of 26.6 per one lakh). Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Karnataka too accounting for 12.05 percent of all cancer deaths in males and 8.9 percent of cancer deaths in females. The estimated incidence of lung cancer in Karnataka in 2021 was 3,614 cases in males and 2,130 cases in females.”
