Blood cancer contributes to 7% of all cancer cases in India. ¹⁴

Data may be underestimated. The real incidence of all cancers is expected to be at least 1.5 to 2 times higher, as suggested by data from large screening studies and low coverage of Indian cancer registries. ¹⁵

80% of cancers in India are detected late. ¹⁶

Only 20-30% of cancers are diagnosed in Stage 1 and 2, which is less than half of that in the United Sates, United Kingdom and China. ¹⁵

70% of cancer death in India. ¹⁷

India continues to remain the largest contributor to cancer deaths at 2.2 million every year, of the global figure of 8.8 million. ¹⁷

The ratio of oncologists to newly diagnosed cancer patients is about 1:677. ¹⁸