Learning from the Indian National Family Health Survey to assess population based oral, cervix and breast cancer screening in low-and-middle income countries

In 2020, approximately 19.3 million new cancer cases and 10 million cancer deaths were reported worldwide.1 In the coming decades, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will contribute the most to the global cancer burden in terms of both incidence and deaths.2 Compared to developed countries, comprehensive data on population-level cancer screening is lacking in LMICs, posing a profound challenge to effectively manage the growing burden of cancer.3 This report aims to consolidate the learnings from the population-level cancer screening data from India, collected in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).