Supreme Court asks 19 States, UTs to declare cancer 'notifiable disease' for early detection

🇮🇳 The Hindu (IN) —
Supreme Court asks 19 States, UTs to declare cancer 'notifiable disease' for early detection

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India's Supreme Court has directed 19 states and Union Territories to declare cancer as a notifiable disease to promote early detection. Currently, 17 of 36 states and UTs have officially notified cancer as such.

The Supreme Court's direction came after it was informed that 17 of the 36 States and UTs have so far notified cancer as a "notified disease"

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