Cancer is a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer is caused by changes to DNA. Most cancer-causing DNA changes occur in sections of DNA called genes. These changes are also called genetic changes.

2. Cancer
Cancer is a disease caused by a
malignant growth or tumour
resulting from an uncontrolled
division of abnormal cells in a
part of the body.

3. Summary In India
• It is an important public health in India.
• Nearly 7-9 lakh new cases occur everyday.
• it is estimated that 2-2.5 million case of
cancer in the country at any given point of
time.
• More than 60% of these affected patients are
in the prime of their life between the age of
35-65 years.

4. GLOBAL OCCURANCE
• 12%die due to
caner.
• Second leading
cause of increase
in death rate.

5. Occurrence in India
• One among ten leading causes of death
• 7 lakh new causes of cancer are occurring and
4lakh die annually.
• 15 lakh patients lack facilities for diagnosis
treatment and follow up.

6. CAUSE
ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS
GENETIC
FACTOR

7. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

8. GENETIC FACTORS
It is a complex inter relationship
between environmental factor
and hereditary.
Retinoblastoma
Breast cancer

10. GOALS OF
CANCER
CONTOLLING
PROGRAMS

11. DEVELOPMENT OF ONCOLOGY
WING

12. NEW INITIATIVES
 WHO funding under the biennium pattern
 In 1998-99,16 new workshop and training
programs were organized.

13. NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY
PROGRAMME(NCRP)1982
CANCER REGISTRATION:
Collection and classification of
information on all cancer
cases in order to produce
statistics on the occurrence
of cancer and to provide
frame work assessing and
controlling the impact of
cancer on the community.

17. CANCER CONTOL
PRIMARY PREVENTION:
QUALITY OF
FOOD,DRUG
&COSMETICS.
PREVENTION OF AIR
POLLUTION.
TREATMENT OF PRE
CONCERIOUS LESIOUS.
IMMUNIZATION
SECONDARY
PREVENTION:
CANCER
REGISTRATION
EARLY DETECTION
OF CASES
TREATMENT.

18. CANCER SCREENING

19. ACHIEVEMENTS
• REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE SCHEME
• ONCOLOGY WING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
• IEC ACTIVITIES
• DISTRICT CANCER CONTOL PROGRAMS.
• NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS DAY
• ONCONENT – INDIA
• MEMBERSHIP OF IARC.
• HEALTH MINISTRY CANCER PATIENT FUND
(HMCPF)under “RAN”

21. CANCER CONTOLLING PROGRAM
• DIPAYAN KAR
• EKAGHNI DEY
• ESHIKA GHOSH
• JOTIRMOY THAKUR
• JOYTI KARMOKAR
• LABNI GHOSH
• MANJUS CHATTERJEE
• MADHUSHREE SARKAR
• PRATYUSHAVISHEK BHATTACHARYA

22. THANK YOU
EKAGHNI DEY