{"entity":{"id":"paper-mathur-ncrp-cancer-statistics-2020","kind":"paper","name":"Cancer Statistics, 2020: Report from National Cancer Registry Programme, India","aka":[],"tldr":"India's official cancer count: about 1.39 million new cancers in 2020, led by breast, lung, mouth, cervix and tongue, with most breast, cervical and head and neck cancers found only once locally advanced.","summary":"Analysis of 28 population-based and 58 hospital-based registries of the ICMR National Cancer Registry Programme (667,666 cases, 2012-2016). The projected number of cancer patients in India for 2020 was 1,392,179. The five leading sites were breast, lung, mouth, cervix uteri and tongue. Most patients presented at a locally advanced stage (breast 57.0%, cervix 60.0%, head and neck 66.6%, stomach 50.8%), while lung cancer presented mainly with distant metastasis (44.0% of men, 47.6% of women). Incidence rose over time at all registries, fastest in Kamrup urban (3.8% annual change); the highest age-adjusted rates were in Aizawl (men, 269.4 per 100,000) and Papumpare (women, 219.8). A 2022 update estimated 1,461,427 cases and a 12.8% rise by 2025.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"JCO Global Oncology 2020","url":"https://doi.org/10.1200/GO.20.00122"},{"label":"2022 estimates and 2025 projection (IJMR)","url":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1821_22"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["head-and-neck","cervical","breast-hr-positive","nsclc","gastric"],"sections":[],"technologies":["cancer-registries-surveillance"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["icmr-ncrp","icmr","nha-pmjay"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":["mathur-prashant"],"bottlenecks":["b-early-detection","b-data-silos"],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["jco-global-oncology"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"journal":"JCO Global Oncology","year":2020,"doi":"10.1200/GO.20.00122","authors":"Mathur P, Sathishkumar K, Chaturvedi M, et al.","paperType":"observational","findings":["1,392,179 projected new cancers in India in 2020 (1,461,427 estimated for 2022; +12.8% by 2025).","Leading sites: breast, lung, mouth, cervix uteri, tongue; tobacco-related cancers dominate in men.","Locally advanced at diagnosis: breast 57.0%, cervix 60.0%, head and neck 66.6%, stomach 50.8%.","Highest incidence in the north-east (Aizawl and Papumpare districts)."],"whatItMeans":"India's cancer problem is a late-diagnosis problem as much as a treatment problem: the same cancers that dominate (oral, cervical, breast) are the ones screening and vaccination can prevent or catch early. The numbers set the priorities of the National Cancer Grid, PM-JAY oncology packages and the national screening programme.","caveats":["Registries cover about a tenth of the population and are urban-weighted; national figures are projections.","GLOBOCAN 2022 estimates for India (1,413,316 cases) use different methods and are not identical.","Stage data come from hospital registries and may not represent patients never reaching hospital."],"changedPractice":false,"participants":667666},"route":"/key-papers/paper-mathur-ncrp-cancer-statistics-2020/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"cervical","kind":"cancer","name":"Cervical cancer","route":"/cancers/cervical/"},{"id":"gastric","kind":"cancer","name":"Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer","route":"/cancers/gastric/"},{"id":"head-and-neck","kind":"cancer","name":"Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma","route":"/cancers/head-and-neck/"},{"id":"breast-hr-positive","kind":"cancer","name":"HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer","route":"/cancers/breast-hr-positive/"},{"id":"nsclc","kind":"cancer","name":"Non-small-cell lung cancer","route":"/cancers/nsclc/"}],"technology":[{"id":"cancer-registries-surveillance","kind":"technology","name":"Cancer registries and population surveillance","route":"/technologies/cancer-registries-surveillance/"}],"institution":[{"id":"icmr","kind":"institution","name":"Indian Council of Medical Research","route":"/institutions/icmr/"},{"id":"icmr-ncrp","kind":"institution","name":"National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR-NINE, Bengaluru)","route":"/institutions/icmr-ncrp/"},{"id":"nha-pmjay","kind":"institution","name":"National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY)","route":"/institutions/nha-pmjay/"}],"person":[{"id":"mathur-prashant","kind":"person","name":"Prashant Mathur","route":"/people/mathur-prashant/"}],"bottleneck":[{"id":"b-data-silos","kind":"bottleneck","name":"Data silos","route":"/bottlenecks/b-data-silos/"},{"id":"b-early-detection","kind":"bottleneck","name":"The hardest cancers are found late","route":"/bottlenecks/b-early-detection/"}],"journal":[{"id":"jco-global-oncology","kind":"journal","name":"JCO global oncology","route":"/journals/jco-global-oncology/"}]}}