Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2022 Mar 24;13(3):209-218.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v13.i3.209.

Breast cancer in India: Present scenario and the challenges ahead

Ravi Mehrotra  1 , Kavita Yadav  2
Affiliations
Review

Breast cancer in India: Present scenario and the challenges ahead

Ravi Mehrotra et al. World J Clin Oncol. .

Abstract

Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy among women globally. From being fourth in the list of most common cancers in India during the 1990s, it has now become the first. In this review, we examine the available literature to understand the factors that contributed to the high burden of breast cancer in the country. We also provide the landscape of changes in the field of early diagnosis and the treatment modalities as well as the limitations of the Indian healthcare delivery systems (e.g., delayed diagnosis, human resources and funding for treatment). This review also sheds light on the newer interventions and the future of breast cancer management keeping in mind the coronavirus disease 2019 imposed limitations.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Challenges; India; Prospects; Treatment.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no potential conflict of interest for this article.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
World Health Organization: Estimated number of new cancer cases in 2020, worldwide. Image available under Common Creative License[68] (Available at https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/20-Breast-fact-sheet.pdf).
Figure 2
Figure 2
World Health Organization Globocan 2020 India. Image available under Common Creative License[68] (Available at https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/20-Breast-fact-sheet.pdf).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL, Laversanne M, Soerjomataram I, Jemal A, Bray F. Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2021;71:209–249. - PubMed
    1. DeSantis C, Siegel R, Bandi P, Jemal A. Breast cancer statistics, 2011. CA Cancer J Clin. 2011;61:409–418. - PubMed
    1. Saxena S, Szabo CI, Chopin S, Barjhoux L, Sinilnikova O, Lenoir G, Goldgar DE, Bhatanager D. BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Indian breast cancer patients. Hum Mutat. 2002;20:473–474. - PubMed
    1. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators. The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016. Lancet Oncol. 2018;19:1289–1306. - PMC - PubMed
    1. International Agency for Research on Cancer. India Source: Globocan 2020. [cited 11 June 2021]. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/populations/356-india-fact-she... .