Data will be used to help in formulating policies and programmes for prevention and managing the disease Prevalence of cancer region-wise will now be mapped by the Karnataka State government, as it is set to declare it a notifiable disease. Each hospital would be given the software to report the cancer cases to the government. Health Department sources said that the decision was likely to be taken by month-end and a meeting was scheduled next week with the stakeholders concerned.
Although the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — with a network of cancer registries across the country more than three decades ago — started the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), health experts and officials in the Health Department say that it has not helped in getting an accurate picture of the problem. A cancer atlas attempts to map the disease based on the population in every district…
