On Friday, 06 May 2016:Government in Lok Sabha said that , “Cancer claims five lakh lives in India annually”

Health Minister J P Nadda said, “ the disease kills five lakh people annually and while men usually suffer from throat and stomach cancer, women suffered from breast, cervix and uterus cancer.”

Amid Question Hour, he said,m “the government plans to set up 20 cancer institutes and 50 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres in the country.”

Under the outline, 47 proposals have been received from 26 states and UTs. Of these, 14 proposals from 13 states -- seven for setting up cancer institutes and other seven for establishing tertiary centres -- have been approved and funds released.

Nadda said, “The deficiencies in other proposals have been communicated to the concerned states”