Cancer claims 483 lives every year in Mizoram
Aizawl, Jun 7 : Mizoram has the highest incidence of cancer in the country with 483 people dying every year from the dreaded disease in the state since 2003.Around 1,079 new cancer cases are reported in the state annually, a senior doctor of Aizawl Civil Hospital said Wednesday quoting the population-based Cancer Registry records.Eric Zomawia, senior specialist in Pathology department of Aizawl Civil Hospital and the head of Regional Cancer Centre here, said that Mizoram has the highest incidence of cancer as per the records of the cancer registry in the country.Experts claimed that extensive use of tobacco, especially smoking by the Mizos caused most of the cancer cases.Meanwhile, the state government had mooted a project to establish Cancer Hospital at Zemabawk near here.The state government also had submitted a proposal to the Centre for establishment of an oncology wing in Lunglei Civil Hospital in South Mizoram.
