The GLOBOCAN 2022 data shows that in Indian women, which cancer has overtaken cervical cancer to become the most commonly diagnosed malignancy?

• A Ovarian cancer
• B Colorectal cancer
• C Oral cavity cancer
• D Breast cancer ✓

Explanation

GLOBOCAN 2022 data confirm that breast cancer is now the most common cancer in Indian women, with an estimated age-standardised incidence rate of ~25.8 per 100,000 surpassing cervical cancer. India's epidemiological shift reflects delayed childbearing, reduced breastfeeding duration, increasing BMI, alcohol use and urban lifestyle factors associated with late-onset breast cancer. Cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in Indian women and the most common in several lower-income states.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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