Journal article
The rationale for cancer to be made a notifiable disease in India
Public health action, v 15(2), pp 91-92
04 Jun 2025
PMID: 40487462
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Abstract
Cancer cases are rising in India. However, despite attempts to make cancer a notifiable disease, the Ministry of Health in India has resisted this. Their reasoning is that cancer is not a communicable disease and does not have community spread. We highlight flaws in the logic of this argument and highlight how a legal mandate to report cases would give impetus to the decades-old National Cancer Registry Program. Robust record keeping would allow real-time epidemiological analysis and highlight those areas where priority could be given to both prevent and treat cancer.
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- Title
- The rationale for cancer to be made a notifiable disease in India
- Creators
- R. Singh - Drexel UniversityA.L. Frank - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Public health action, v 15(2), pp 91-92
- Publisher
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001513728900009
- Other Identifier
- 991022057000204721
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