 "Anupriya Singh Patel")
Government is planning to set up state cancer institutes each costing Rs 100 crore, according to Anupriya Patel, MoS, Health & Family Welfare, who was speaking at an Assocham event held in New Delhi on Thursday.
Recently, the government has approved a scheme for enhancing the tertiary care cancer facilities in the country under NPCDCS (National Programme For Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke) to grant financial assistance to 20 state cancer institutes and 50 tertiary cancer care centres in different parts of the country.
“Between 30-50 percent of cancers can currently be prevented. This can be accomplished
