Overview of Women Related Cancers

Abstract

In India, around 5.8 lakhs new cases of cancer are diagnosed in women in 2018. The incidence of breast cancer accounts for 25-32% of all female cancers. 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a family history of cancers. Cervix cancer is the second most cancer and accounted 16.5% of newly diagnosed cancer cases in women in the year 2018. Ovarian Cancer is the third leading cancer and accounted for about 6.2% of all cancers among women in our country. India has more than 50% of all the cancers diagnosed in women. They are mostly found in breasts (27.7%), cervix uteri (16.5%), ovary (6.2%) and colorectum (3.4%).