CRAB-E-THON

Name: CRAB-E-THON
Start: 2018-10-06T12:00:17+05:30
End: 2018-10-07T12:00:17+05:30
Location: Hotel K.C. Residency

Sat, 06 Oct

Hotel K.C. Residency

Registration is Closed

Time & Location

06 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm – 07 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm

Hotel K.C. Residency, Residency Road Jammu Jammu and Kashmir, Lalkuan, Prem Nagar, Jammu, 180001

CONCEPT NOTE FOR TELE-ONCO-THON - A LIVE PLATFORM FOR 24 HOURS FOR CANCER AWARENESS

Introduction

We are seeing an increase in the incidence of cancer. This is mainly ascribed to urbanization,

industrialization, lifestyle changes, population growth and increased life span (in turn leading to an increase

in the elderly population). In India, the life expectancy at birth has steadily risen from 45 years in 1971 to 62

years in 1991, indicating a shift in the demographic profile. It is estimated that life expectancy of the Indian