Nine in every 10 persons with oesophagal cancer will succumb to the disease, the Ministry of Health said.
In 2020, the country reported 42,000 new cancer cases and 27,000 cancer-related deaths.
The top five cancers according to the ministry include breast, cervix, prostate, oesophagus and non - Hodgkin's lymphoma and account for nearly half (48 per cent) of the cancer burden in the country.
