Transition of cancer in populations in India

•The present manuscript aims to assess the transition of cancer pattern in the populations in India during the past 30 years.•Cancer burden in India is the third highest number globally after China and USA.•The present analysis of assessing the transition of cancer according to the changes in demogr...

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Published in:Cancer epidemiology 2019-02, Vol.58, p.111-120
Main Authors: Mathew, Aleyamma, George, Preethi Sara, K M, Jagathnath Krishna, Vasudevan, Durga, James, Francis V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age-specific cancer incidence rates
Age-standardized cancer incidence rates
Alcohol
Alcohol-related cancers
Alcoholic beverages
Bladder
Body weight
Cancer
Cervix
Consumption
Data collection
Demographic transition
Demographics
Demography
Epidemiologic transition
Epidemiology
Esophagus
Female
Females
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humans
Incidence
India - epidemiology
Larynx
Life Expectancy
Life span
Liver
Lungs
Male
Males
Medical screening
Mouth
Nasopharynx
Neoplasms - classification
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Obesity
Overweight
Overweight and obesity transition
Pharynx
Population growth
Prognosis
Prostate
Public health
Quality control
Reduction
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Rural areas
Smoking
Stomach
Thyroid gland
Tobacco
Tobacco-related cancers
Trends
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Summary:•The present manuscript aims to assess the transition of cancer pattern in the populations in India during the past 30 years.•Cancer burden in India is the third highest number globally after China and USA.•The present analysis of assessing the transition of cancer according to the changes in demographic and epidemiologic risk factors is first of its kind. An assessment of transition of cancer in India during the past 30 years, according to changes in demographic and epidemiologic risk factors was undertaken. Cancer registry data (http://www.ncdirindia.org), (population coverage
ISSN:1877-7821
1877-783X
DOI:10.1016/j.canep.2018.12.003