Over 3% of all cancer patients in India are under 15; 4.6% under 20: Study

Leukaemias make up nearly half of all cancers in 0-4 year age group (42.1%), 5-9 year age group (42.5%)

Unhealthy numbers

India saw the world’s third highest number of new cancer cases and the second highest mortality rate attributed to the disease in 2022. The …

India reported 1.41 million new cancer cases in 2022; breast cancer ranks highest

Globally, lung cancer most common, followed by breast, colorectal, prostate and stomach cancers

Cancer treatment breakthrough: India's homegrown CAR-T cell therapy, a form of immunotherapy, gets market authorisation

It is a major breakthrough as the therapy is not available in India outside of clinical trials

Simply Put: Punjab cancer burden

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

Cancer treatment can cause metastasis; a new nutraceutical drug can contain it: Research

R-Cu made from grape extract, resveratrol, and copper, deactivates chromatin particles, reduces toxicity of chemotherapy drugs

Sarah Ferguson diagnosed with malignant melanoma – here are the latest treatments for it

While melanoma is much more common in people with the duchess’s skin type, it’s important to be aware that anyone can get it

India had the second highest number of cancer deaths in Asia in 2019: Lancet

Apart from tobacco smoking and ambient air pollution, high prevalence of smokeless tobacco public health concern in South Asian countries 

Diet, lifestyle, environmental changes linked to massive cancer cases spike in under-50 adults globally

79% surge in cancer cases from 1990 to 2019, finds report

WHO: Off-track progress in Africa could kill 70,000 cervical cancer patients

26 countries have introduced HPV vaccine, but just 31% girls under 15 received its first dose in 2022 in the African region  

'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'

Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, …

High levels of particulate matter exposure increase breast cancer risk, finds study

Researchers observed an 8% increase in breast cancer incidence for people living in areas with higher PM2.5 exposure

A third of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths caused by working under sun

Estimates from WHO, ILO call for protecting workers from hazardous outdoor work in the sun

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 7, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

India’s fight against tobacco needs strength

Over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies will save families and help the country

Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, labels WHO expert panel

Limited evidence on whether the artificial sweetener causes cancer in humans, more studies on carcinogenicity needed

World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer

Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women

Deadly nursery: More children in Delhi have cancers than any other Indian city; is air pollution to blame? 

Is India prepared for the long term impact of poor air quality?  

United States bans white asbestos, last of its kind still in use

Chrysotile asbestos used in chlor-alkali industry to make water treatment chemicals, chlorine bleach, caustic soda

Simply Put: Editing out the problem

What is the ‘aid in dying’ bill that France is considering? 

The medical option will only be provided to adults, except those with psychiatric conditions and disorders like Alzeihmer’s

As told to Parliament (July 21, 2023): Unseasonal rains in March 2023 ruined over 18,000 hectares of crops in Chhattisgarh

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Union Budget 2024-25 encourages vaccination against cervical cancer, provides insurance to frontline health workers

We hope the regular budget after the elections increases the health budget while paying attention to greater utilisation, expert tells Down To Earth

Poisoned Punjab: This tiny village in Punjab is impacted by non-communicable diseases, cancers

Down To Earth ground report finds Pakki Tibbi village suffering due to consumption of polluted water; poverty and illiteracy adding to …