Chennai, Feb 4 || Tamil Nadu has crossed a critical public health threshold, registering more than one lakh new cancer cases in a single year for the first time. The latest figures for 2025, according to data submitted in Parliament by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, show 1,00,097 fresh cases in the state, underscoring a sharp and sustained rise in incidence and raising concerns among health authorities about prevention, early detection, and treatment capacity.
Experts caution that without stronger screening programmes and lifestyle interventions, the numbers could continue to climb in the coming years.
The upward trend has been consistent over the past five years. Annual registrations rose from 68,750 cases in 2020 to 76,968 in 2021; 89,265 in 2022; 92,816 in 2023, and 96,486 in 2024, before breaching the one-lakh mark this year.
The steady escalation highlights the growing disease burden and the urgent need for coordinated public health measures across districts.