Cancer is increasing in the world at an alarming rate; nearly 80% of overall increase is from the poor and middle revenue countries like India and Africa. Only 5 percent of the global resources for reduction of the cancer is only spent in the developing countries. Dr Reddy and his colleagues says that cancer is becoming a main reason for death and disability.

At present, the main killer disease in the world is cancer than heart diseases. In 2008 nearly 7.6 billion was died of cancer, an increase in 12.4 million every year. Out of this cases – it is estimated that 75% from low income countries,71 percent from low-middle income countries, 64% from  high-middle income countries, and 46% from high income countries .
“We propose that cancer care and control become rapidly and broadly available as quickly as possible with the focus on cancers that can be prevented or cured, or, for cases in which neither is possible, palliated,” the panel observed.
This is the conclusion of a report — “Expansion of Cancer Care and Control in Countries of Low and Middle income: A Call to Action” — published in the medical journal.

Newly reported cancer patients in 1970 was only 15 percent when compared to the 56% increase in 2008.Accoridng to latest study by 2030 it will increase to 70 percent. Overall 7.6 million people were dying of cancer in Low and middle-income countries.