Further, Mahalingam, also a faculty member in the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, added, “BCGA also aims to host data from researchers working on cancer genomics across cancer types and would be open to accepting submissions.
The institute acknowledges the support from the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, for the Cancer Tissue Biobank facility at IIT Madras.
The National Cancer Registry Programme reported that one in nine people in India is likely to develop cancer in their lifetime, and 14,61,427 people are currently living with cancer.There has been a 12.8 per cent increase in cancer incidence every year since 2022.
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