1Senior Journalist & Editor, Kashmir Ink, Greater Kashmir Pvt. Ltd, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
2Senior Research Fellow, (DST INSPIRE SRF), Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Senior Research Fellow, (UGC-SRF), Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
4Senior Research Fellow, (CSIR-SRF), Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
5Senior Research Fellow, (UGC-SRF), Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: biotechumar@gmail.com
Online published on 27 August, 2020.
Every year there's a marked increase in the number of cancer patients registered in the valley's premiere tertiary care institute, SKIMS, where increasing number of cancer patients, especially from the poor backgrounds, continue to pour in for treatment. Sounding alarm bells, leading oncologists caution that cancer has become the number one killer disease in Kashmir and that there's a need for more, and better, cancer awareness, and latest treatment facilities to ease the suffering of rising cancer patients in the valley. In this brief comment, going beyond the statistics, I put the spotlight on various aspects and reasons of cancer rise in the valley.
Kashmir, Cancer, Food adulteration
