Newmai News Network Aizawl | September 24 Cancer killed over 700 people every year in Mizoram from 2012-14, according to Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCR). The report also revealed that there were 4656 new cases of cancer reported between 2012 and 2014 with number of females at 2089 and males at 2567. It means on an average, there were 1,552 new cancer cases per year in Mizoram. The PBCR report, which was released in the month of May this year in ICMR, New Delhi, was highlighted during one day seminar on cancer in Mizoram at I&PR conference hall here on Friday. According to the report, in the three years period, i.e., 2012-2014, altogether 2176 people died of various types of cancer. This included 830 females and 1346 males. This means, on an average, there were 711 cancer deaths each year. Earlier in February this year, Mizoram Nodal Officer (NCD) Dr. Eric Zomawia had revealed that "as many as 3267 people have died of cancer in five years". Dr. Zomawia had also stated that the report of "Mizoram PBCR published in 2015 shows that as many as 6403 people" were found suffering from cancer. The main factor for this high number of cancer cases in Mizoram is tobacco consumption, he added. According Dr. Zomawia, Mizoram topped in 9 cancer "sites". Besides holding the top position in cancer all "sites" (male and female), Mizoram also topped in tongue cancer (male), lung cancer (male & female), stomach cancer (male & female), hypopharynx cancer (male), and gland cancer (male). Meanwhile, according to the report of Mizoram Post, a daily newspaper, Aizawl in Mizoram has the highest age adjusted incidence rate (AAR) of cancer in men followed by Papumpare district of Arunachal Pradesh and East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. The newspaper reported that Papumpare in Arunachal Pradesh has the highest incidence rate of cancer of all sites in females followed by Aizawl district of Mizoram and Kamrup Urban district of Assam. In India, the estimated total burden of cancer in the country for the year 2016 is 14.5 lakh and estimate for 2020 is 17.3 lakh. Breast, lung and cervix cancers are the top 3 cancers in India and about 30 percent of all cancers are associated with tobacco use. The incidence of cancer of colon, prostrate, lung, rectum, breast, corpus uteri and ovary shows increasing trend, while cervix cancer shows decreasing trend. Among males, probability of developing any type of cancer in a lifetime (upto 74 years) is 1 in 4 persons in Aizawl, whereas it is 1 in 22 in Barshi and 1 in 8 in Chennai and Mumbai. It means males in Aizawl have much higher chance of developing cancer during their lifetime as compared to males in other places. Among females, the probability is 5 in Aizawl, 8 in Mumbai, 7 in Delhi, and 18 in Barshi. Aizawl is number one among all PBCRs in India in the following cancer sites- cancer all sites (males), lung cancer (males), lung cancer (females), colon cancer (males), and colon cancer (females), according to Mizoram Post. Aizawl is also top two among all Registries in India in cancer sites like cancer all sites (females), Nasopharynx (females), stomach (males), stomach (females), colon (males), lung (males), lung (females) and cervix uteri (females), it added.