Number of cancer patients on rise

<p>A data has shown that number of cancer patients is increasing in Nepal of late.</p><p>According to the data of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan, currently there are more than 50,000 cancer patients in the country.</p><p>Although the country has no accurate and disaggregated data of cancer patients including annual incidents of cancer-caused deaths, roughly 30,000-35,000 new cancer patients are being afflicted from the disease every year in Nepal, states the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO).</p><p>Hospital Chairman Dr Prakash Raj Neupane said that the number of cancer patients may go up in days ahead if the current situation persists.<br></p>