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World Cancer Day 2024 - February 04
February 7 , 2024
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- The day aims to promote awareness about cancer.
- It also helps to strengthen actions that strive to improve cancer care, detection, preventive measures and treatment.
- It refers to the abnormal growth of cells that divide uncontrollably.
- Cancer has the ability to spread from one body part/ organ/ tissue to another.
- There were 19.3 million incident cancer cases worldwide for the year 2020.
- Lung and breast cancers were the leading sites of cancer in males and females, respectively.
- The theme for 2024 is 'Close the care gap: Everyone deserves access to cancer care.
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