Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Breast cancer to overtake cervical cancer

By 2020, breast cancer will overtake cervical cancer, which is now the most reported cancer among women in India, the Rajya Sabha (India's upper house of Parliament) was informed.

In a written reply, Minister of State for Health S. Gandhiselvan said that by 2020, it is expected that breast cancer will overtake cervical cancer at the current rate of increase in cancer cases. But at the moment, cervical cancer tops the list of cancers detected among Indian women as it's symptoms are not easily detected.

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