After 20 years, 1.5 million people will be cancer victims
New Delhi. 1.5 million people will need chemotherapy According to a study published recently in the prestigious Lancet Analytical Journal, by 2040 more than 15 million people will need chemotherapy every year. That is, every year, from 2018 to 2040, the number of patients requiring chemotherapy every year will increase from 53 million to 98 million to 15 million globally. In addition to treating the growing number of cancer patients in low and middle income countries, there is also a need for about one lakh cancer doctors.
What is Chemotherapy?
Uncontrolled growth of cells in the body is cancer only. In order to prevent this irregular development of cells, the sufferer is given a mixture of special medicines or medicines which is very effective in the early stages of cancer. Given the condition of the disease, these drugs are given. Many times they are sent to the body with immediate effect for the patient's blood.