Breast cancer increasing in India (perhaps due to lowering vitamin D)

Breast cancer cases to double by 2030: Study Times of India

• breast cancer is now the second most common cancer diagnosed in Indian women after cervical cancer.

• Indian women develop breast cancer roughly a decade earlier than women in western countries **Women in India have much lower levels of vitamin D

• in India, the number of cases of breast cancer have increased by 10-15% over the last decade.

• One in 58 women are affected by breast cancer in the age group 30-70 years and are mainly from the urban population

  • Urban dwellers are more likely to be indoors – afford air conditioning

• Breast cancer rates are much higher in developed nations compared to developing ones

  • Can afford air conditioning, and more likely to work indoors