. >> rita singh is getting ready with another session of chemotherapy. she was diagnosed with stage 5 breast cancer five months ago. after finding a lump in her breast. rita lost her sister to breast cancer decades ago, but she never thought it would happen to her. >> i was shocked. i was dead. because since i have it in my family so that was like a real bombshell dropping on me. that was, again a -- >> rita singh is not alone in her fight against breast cancer. almost 145,000 indians are diagnosed with it a year. breast cancer kills more women here than any other disease. most indian women know little to nothing about breast cancer. this lack of awareness and late diagnosis is blamed for the death of 70,000 patients a year. dr. kabra says many of the deaths are preventible if the cancer is detected early. >> we don't even have an awareness program going around the country. >> reporter: the government is planning to increase medical centers across the country to help detect and screen cancers but working with local areas, they are screened. >> examine the

. >> rita singh is not alone in her fight against breast cancer. almost 145,000 indians are diagnosed with it a year. breast cancer kills more women here than any other disease. most indian women know little to nothing about breast cancer. this lack of awareness and late diagnosis are blamed for the death of 70,000 patients every year. dr. vidant kabra says many of these deaths are preventible if the cancer is detected and treated earlier. >> earlier detection rise the chances of survival. we don't have mass screening programs, we don't even have an awareness program going around the country. >> reporter: the government is planning to increase medical centers across the country to help detect and treat cancers. but for now it's private ngos like the indian cancer society that are working with private communities. at this free camp in east delhi, women are lining up to be screened. >> there is no awareness, we give them awareness, examine them, if there's lump or something we tell them to get investigated, if investigated, and it comes to be positiv