Cancer on the rise in Mizoram

Cancer is on the rise in Mizoram with 600 to 650 people dying of cancer annually in the state, according to the Population-based Cancer Registry (PCR) of the Civil Hospital here.

PCR officials said that around 1,300 new cancer cases were being detected in the state on an average every year.

The PCR officials have been conducting this research since 2004 and patients include who visit hospitals outside the state and those who are treated in their homes without going to hospitals.

The main reason behind the high incidence of cancer in the state which has a population of ten lakh was extensive use of tobacco products and smoking, PCB sources said.