Lok Sabha Question No. 3323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: National Cancer Control Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3323 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2020

## NATIONAL CANCER CONT ROL PROGRAMME

## 3323. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of National Cancer Control Programme launched by the Government for primary prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer;
- (b) the estimated number of people living with the disease, new cancer patients registered and cancerrelatedeaths every year in the country;
- (c) the reasons for Kerala and Mizoram being the States with the highest number of cancer cases in the country;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to nforce the suggestions of age old Bhore Committee in 1946  toset  up  a  stand - alone  cancer  speciality  hospital  like  the Regional  Cancer  Centre  in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, in each State/UTs in view of rising cancer cases; and
- (e) if so, the details the reof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) was started in 1975 and later became part of National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS) which is operational since 2010 . Focus of NPCDCS is on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion, early diagnosis, management referral. Under the programme, 616 Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) clinics at District le and 3827 such clinics at Community Health Centre level have been set up. In addition 214 Care Centres for Chemotherapy have also been set up. Under the populat ion based screening taken up under the programme, people over 30 years of age are being screened for comm NCDs including three common cancers, namely breast, oral and cervical.
- (b)& (c): As  per  National  Cancer  Registry  Programme  (NCRP)  of  Indian  Counci l  of Medical  Research  (ICMR),  the  estimated  number  of  incidence,  mortality  and  prevalence cancer cases reported in India during the last three years is as below:

| Year                           | 2016            | 2017      | 2018      |
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
| Estimated Incidence of cancer  | cases 14,51,417 | 15,17,426 | 15,86,571 |
| Estimated Mortality of cancer  | cases 7,32,921  | 7,66,348  | 8,01,374  |
| Estimated Prevalence of cancer | cases 39,91,405 | 41,72,923 | 43,63,083 |

Highest number of incidence of cancer cases is in Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar Maharashtra.

(d)& (e): To enhance the facilities for tertiary care of cancer, the Central Governm implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care for Cancer Scheme, under which setting up of State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) have been approved. State/UT - wise list of approved SCIs and TCCCs is at Annexure . Further, Oncology is also one of the focus areas in case of new AIIMS and many upgraded institutions under Pradhan Man Swasthya  Suraksha  Yojana  (PMSSY).  Setting  up  of  National  Canc er Institute  at  Jhajjar  in Haryana and strengthening of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, are also s the same direction.

Annexure State/UT-wise list of approved State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs).

|   S No | State            | Name of the Institute                                                 | SCI/ TCCC   |
|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                      | SCI         |
|      2 | Assam            | Gauhati Medical College &Hospital, Guwahati                           | SCI         |
|      3 | Bihar            | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna                    | SCI         |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Scineces, Bilaspur                  | SCI         |
|      5 | Delhi            | Lok Nayak Hospital                                                    | TCCC        |
|      6 | Gujarat          | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad                          | SCI         |
|      7 | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                           | TCCC        |
|      8 | Haryana          | Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt                                          | TCCC        |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla                                 | TCCC        |
|     10 |                  | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi                       | TCCC        |
|     11 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar                | SCI         |
|     12 |                  | Government Medical College, Jammu                                     | SCI         |
|     13 | Jharkhand        | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                        | SCI         |
|     14 | Karnataka        | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bangaluru                | SCI         |
|     15 |                  | Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya                          | TCCC        |
|     16 | Kerala           | Regional Cancer Centre, Tjiruvananthapuram                            | SCI         |
|     17 |                  | Government Medical College, Kozhikode                                 | TCCC        |
|     18 | Madhya Pradesh   | G.R. Medical College, Gwalior                                         | TCCC        |
|     19 |                  | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur                  | SCI         |
|     20 | Maharashtra      | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital& Research Centre, Nagpur | TCCC        |
|     21 |                  | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                                | SCI         |
|     22 |                  | Vivekanand Foundation &Research Centre, Latur                         | TCCC        |
|     23 | Mizoram          | Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl                                | TCCC        |
|     24 | Nagaland         | District Hospital, Kohima                                             | TCCC        |
|     25 | Odisha           | Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                       | SCI         |
|     26 | Punjab           | Government Medical College, Amritsar                                  | SCI         |
|     27 |                  | Civil Hospital, Fazilka                                               | TCCC        |
|     28 | Rajasthan        | S P Medical College, Bikaner                                          | TCCC        |
|     29 |                  | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                           | SCI         |
|     30 |                  | Jhalawar Medical College &Hospital, Jhalawar                          | TCCC        |
|     31 | Sikkim           | Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Gangtok, Sikkim   | TCCC        |
|     32 | Tamil Nadu       | Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai                                | SCI         |
|     33 | Telangana        | MNJ Institute of Oncology& RCC, Hyderabad                             | SCI         |
|     34 | Tripura          | Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala                                       | SCI         |
|     35 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow     | TCCC        |
|     36 | Uttarakhand      | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                  | SCI         |
|     37 | West Bengal      | Government Medical College, Burdwan                                   | TCCC        |
|     38 |                  | Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad       | TCCC        |
|     39 |                  | Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata           | TCCC        |