Govt door-to-door screening detects 40,000 cancer cases
A door-to-door screening carried out by the government has detected almost 40,000 cases of cancer across 100 districts, data published in the National Health Profile 2018 has revealed. Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka collectively accounted for 44% of the detected cases. The government had screened around 3.6 crore people over the age of 30 for oral, cervix, and breast cancers.