“All major cancers can be avoided in India,” says Professor Prabhat Jha of the Centre for Global Health Research, University of Toronto, who is the senior author of the paper. Studies say that tobacco is the major causative substance that accounts for about 42% of cancer in males and 18.3% cancer in females. Other than cancer, tobacco smoking also causes several other diseases which are fatal in most cases.
Sources say that several factors such as education, region, changing trends are causing variations in the spread of cancer. India's cancer deaths' proportions are quite low compared to other countries but it is high compared 2009 and 2008. Lack of education plays a major role in spread of cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to educate people in order to reduce cancer.
