Despite an alarming rise in cancer cases over the past two decades in Karachi, there is no database on the disease that can lead to a better treatment, a report by the Dow University of Health Sciences says. Keeping in view the grim fact that 22,858 cases of cancer at Dow Cancer Registry were reported between 2010 and 2019, the report has called on the authorities to devise proper strategies for cancer treatment and prevention. Breast cancer topped the list of the cases followed by oral and esophageal (malignancy of the food passage) cancers. About cancer of the food passage, it asks the government to ensure the elimination of adulterated food ingredients. As for esophageal cancer, the food habits of people are largely to blame, as they mostly consume greasy food.

Source: The Express Tribune October 05, 2020 04:12 UTC