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NE, Kashmir worst affected by food pipe cancer
Nagaland Post | IANS | New Delh, Jun 25 ()
Cancer of the oesophagus- or what is commonly called food pipe - has been detected as the third most common cancer in India, with people from the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir found to be the highest affected by the disease, said experts Tuesday.
“As per the Indian Council of Medical Research, every 8-10 people per 1 lakh population suffer from the cancer of oesophagus. The figures are even higher for northeast India,” Bhushan Bhole of the Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI) told IANS.
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