According to projections the burden of female breast cancer in India in 2025 is expected to be 5.6 millions DALY’s. Premature deaths due to Breast cancer would contribute 5.3 millions DALY’s to the total burden,with the remaining due to disability (YLD’s).
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu, Telengana, Karnataka and Delhi had a higher burden of breast cancer than eastern and northeastern states. According to an ICMR study that projected a “substantial rise” in the disease burden in India by 2025. The study published earlier this month focused on India’s best Cancer burden at the state level from 2012 to 2016 in terms of years of life lost (YLLs), year lived with disabilities ( YLDs), and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for 2025.
The burden of breast cancer among Indian women in 2016 was estimated to be at 515.4 DALYs per 100,000 women after age standardization.
The burden metrics at the state level exhibit substantial heterogeneity.
“Tamil Nadu, Telengana, Karnataka and Delhi had a higher burden of breast cancer than state in the eastern region. The projection of 2025 indicates a substantial increase , reaching 5.6 million DALYs”. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study said.
DALYs are a measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health disability or early death.
Rural women are less likely to develop breast cancer than their urban counterparts and age standardise incidence rate are higher in urban areas, with Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangaluru and Delhi topping the list among the Indian cities.
This study examines the state wise burden of female breast cancer in India in 2016 in data from 28 population based cancer registries accross the country under the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP).
In 2018 best standardised Breast cancer incidence among women in south central Asia was 25.9 per 100,000 women according to a Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) study.
According to Global Burden of Disease ( GBD) study, the age standardise breast cancer rate in south central Asia in 2016 was 21.6 per 100,000 women. These study estimated the National and sub-national burden using a wide range of data source.
“In India, the correlation between cancer prevalence and socio-economic inequalities is evident, emphasising the need to reevaluate resource allocation and enhance the access to health care and social support system” researchers said.
