The recorded number of patients with cancer in India is 1,324,413 for the year 2020, and the common 5 leading sites are breast, lung, mouth, cervix uteri, and tongue. Out these approximately 46% need proton therapy.
1,380,004,378
Total Population851,678
Number of Death1,324,413
Number of New Cases2,720,251
Number of Prevalent Cases(5-year)Challenges and Need of the Hour!
Challenges
- Poor Survival Ratio i.e. less than 30%
- Heavy Dependency on older technology
- Very high cost of treatment
- Only one hospital in India using proton therapy, however, the machineries used are 40+ year old technology.
- Out of total 13.24 Lacs annual Cancer cases in India, 46% i.e., 6.20 Lacs need Proton therapy-based treatment, however, not even 1000 patients in India get appropriate treatment with ___ accuracy
Need
- Advancement In Machinery
- Geographical Infrastructure availability
- Availability of expertise
- Cost Effective treatment