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With over 1.4 million new cases of cancer reported every   The outreach programme also conquered new frontiers as
                             year, India has an increasing burden of                   awareness and early detection e orts were scaled up to enhance
                             cancer. Most of these cases are                                                        impact  to  beneficiaries
                             reported in the later stages of the                                                      who are screened to
                             disease, leading to a high mortality                                                    catch common cancers
                             rate of about 50%. This problem of                                                      early. The programme
                             high incidence and delayed detection                                                    has been ensuring that
                             is aggravated by:                                                                      the   cancer   suspects
                                                                                                                    identified  during   the
                             • Poor   infrastructure  and  low                                                      screening  are  followed
                               availability of skilled medical                                                      through   for    cancer
                               expertise to treat the disease.                                                      diagnosis and treatment, if
                                                                                                                    required,  to  maintain
                             •  Existing cancer-care facilities are                                                 continuum of care.
                               concentrated in metros and tier-1 cities, resulting in
                               patients  having  to  travel  long distances  to  seek
                               treatment and care. This leads to high out-of-pocket    KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
                               expenses and consequently, high dropout rates along
                               the treatment pathway.                                  Access   to  comprehensive   cancer   care  through
                                                                                       infrastructure development:
                             •  Increasing adoption and spread of unhealthy
                               lifestyle habits.                                       •  Seven cancer care hospitals were inaugurated in Assam
                                                                                         (Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Darrang,
                             •  Lack of awareness related to the benefits of the
                                                                                         Jorhat and Tezpur) in April 2022 by the Prime Minister of
                               early detection.
                                                                                         India, in the presence of the Governor and Chief Minister
                             The novel  ‘Distributed Model  of Cancer  ‘Care’ has  been   of Assam, the Chairman of Tata Trusts and other senior
                             implemented under the Cancer Care Programme of Tata         leaders   from   the   Government     of   Assam,
                             Trusts to provide cancer patients and their caregivers      Tata Group and Tata Trusts.
                             better access to quality and a ordable care that is closer
                             to their homes, and to reverse the early-to-late detection   •  These hospitals are a part of the first phase roll-out of 10
                             ratio of cancer from 30:70 to 70:30. The financial year      such facilities in the state are empanelled with the Atal
                             2022-23 was a landmark year for the programme, with         Amrit  Abhiyan  Health  Scheme,  which  benefits  90%  of
                             successful commissioning of hospitals in the states of       the state’s population. Facilities in Barpeta  and
                             Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Karnataka, sta ed      Dibrugarh are Level 2 centres with 140 - 180 beds
                             with trained and qualified cancer experts, which began       each, equipped with advanced equipment, including a
                             providing cancer patients from these regions access to      Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for radiation therapy,
                             quality care.





                                  200,892       52,019       14,413       2,617       94,439       131,082      48,923       15,401
                                 Individuals screened   Youth sensitised  Frontline  Health   Patient   Diagnostic  Radiotherapy  Chemotherapy
                                  for oral, breast and  against tobacco  trained  practitioners trained  consultations  services provided  services provided  services provided
                                   cervical cancer                                     conducted
                                Coverage during workers 2022-23


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