According to data from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, about 607 cases of breast cancer were reported every day across the country last year, and an average of 226 women died from the disease every day. Data analyzed by News18 also showed that among states, Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases (about 84 daily) and the highest number of deaths (31).
The ministry’s data from the National Cancer Registry Program report also showed that the total number of breast cancer cases and related deaths continued to rise between 2019 and 2023.
In 2019, more than 200,000 breast cancer cases were reported in India, and by 2023, the number increased by about 10% to 220,000 cases. The number of deaths from the disease also increased by about 10% during the same period, from 74,481 to 82,429.
Among them, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Bihar reported the highest number of breast cancer cases and deaths.
Between 2019 and 2023, 1.46 lakh breast cancer cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra (93,130), West Bengal (82,939), Tamil Nadu (75,413) and Bihar (73,882) follow. Likewise, the total number of deaths reported in these states during the said period ranged from 54,500 (Uttar Pradesh) to 27,500 (Bihar).
In the national capital Delhi, the number of breast cancer cases increased from 3,373 cases in 2019 to 3,859 cases in 2023. A total of 18,066 breast cancer cases were reported in the city over the five-year period, while the number of related deaths continued to grow. 6,722. The annual number of breast cancer deaths in Delhi increased from 1,255 in 2019 to 1,436 in 2023.
According to the Global Cancer Observatory, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world, and the number of deaths among women is expected to reach 665,000 in 2022. India ranked highest in the estimated number of breast cancer deaths that year.
What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer is a disease in which breast cells grow out of control and form tumors. If left unchecked, the tumors can spread throughout the body and be fatal. There are different types of breast cancer, depending on which cells in the breast cancer become cancerous.
According to the World Health Organization, certain factors increase the risk of breast cancer, including increasing age, obesity, harmful alcohol use, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, reproductive history (such as age at menstruation and menarche during pregnancy), smoking and postmenopausal hormone therapy.
About half of all breast cancers occur in women who have no identifiable risk factors for breast cancer other than sex (female) and age (over 40 years).
It also says that a family history of breast cancer increases the risk of breast cancer, but most women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family history of breast cancer. It added: “The lack of a known family history does not necessarily mean a woman is at reduced risk.”
According to the World Health Organization, symptoms of breast cancer include a lump or thickening in the breast, usually without pain; a change in the size, shape, or appearance of the breast; dimpling, redness, dimpling, or other changes in the skin; the appearance of the nipple or the skin around the nipple Changes; abnormality or bloody fluid in the nipple. Women with unusual breast lumps should seek medical care even if the lump is not painful.
Most breast lumps are not cancerous. Successful treatment is more likely when a cancerous breast lump is small and has not spread to nearby lymph nodes.
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