Terminal cancer in Northeast India: an analytical study on its rapid growth, causes, and solutions

Abstract

The underlying aim of the study is to investigate the reasons behinds the rapid growths of cancer populationsand the cancer mortality rates in the Northeastern States of the country. The current study is an analytical studyon the collected data and reports of the following reliable sources: The Population-Based Cancer Registries’Data of the Central and State Governments, the data from National Cancer Registry and Regional CancerCenters, National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS-3), National Institute of Cancer Prevention andResearch, and Indian Council of Medical Research. The study will be specific to the reasons behind the rapidgrowths, causes, and solutions in the Northeastern regions of the country. The study also utilized the availablejournals database, along with World Health Organization database. The researcher also access to thegovernment’s data and hospitals documents on cancer statistics and their reports. By eliminating the usages oftobacco, cigarettes, chewing, and bitternuts with hygenic environment, the rates of oral lip, breast, mouth,cervical, head and neck, and the nasopharyngeal cancer can successfully be reduces into at least 40-50% inNortheast region, as per the researcher findings. The urgent need of the regions is to develop social awarenesson the causes of cancer. Gearing up for health awareness and strengthening the health care team at thecommunity level by addressing the cancer preventive measures in the Northeast region will effectivelydecreases the growing cancerpopulations of cancer/terminal illness.