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Breast Cancer: Myths, causes, symptoms of the most common cancer in Indian women
Updated On: 07 November, 2022 10:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Sarasvati T
Accounting for 14 percent of all cancers in Indian women, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among females in the country. As October is marked as Breast Cancer Awareness Month annually, we asked a city-based expert to debunk common myths about the disease and to know what one can do to reduce risks
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The pink ribbon symbolises the fight against breast cancer. It became an international symbol in 1991 after the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month was held in October 1986. Photo: iStock.
Breast cancer represents one in four cancers diagnosed among women globally, according to Globocan 2020, an online database for global cancer statistics. It is also the most common cancer among females in India — accounting for 14 percent of all cancers in women, according to Cancer India.
As per the National Cancer Registry Programme data of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the estimated number of incidences of breast cancer in the country was 1,42,283 in 2016. This increased by 12 percent in 2018 to 1,59,924. According to BreastCancer.org, less than 1 percent of all breast cancers in India occur in men.
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