WORLD CANCER DAY : 4 FEB

We are celebrating the world cancer week from 29 Jan to 4 Feb. A SINGULAR INITIATIVE, WORLD UNITE FOR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. WHO SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER. With the help of Cancer week we PROMOTE WAYS TO EASE THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF CANCER and RAISE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CANCER PATIENTS.

CANCER - A GENERIC TERM

• A LARGE GROUP OF DISEASES THAT CAN AFFECT ANY PART OF THE BODY.

• OTHER TERMS USED - MALIGNANT TUMOURS AND NEOPLASMS.

• DEFINING FEATURE - RAPID CREATION OF ABNORMAL CELLS - GROW BEYOND USUAL BOUNDARIES - INVADE ADJOINING PARTS OF THE BODY - SPREAD TO OTHER ORGANS.

• PROCESS REFERRED AS – METASTASIS - MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH FROM CANCER.

Cancer KILLS MORE PEOPLE GLOBALLY THAN AIDS, MALARIA AND TB COMBINED. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE - 7.6 MILLION DEATHS AROUND 13% OF ALL DEATHS IN 2008. 1 IN 4 DEATHS ARE DUE TO CANCER. 1 IN 17 DEATHS ARE DUE TO LUNG CANCER.OVER 100 DIFFERENT FORMS OF CANCER. LUNG CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN MEN. BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN WOMEN.

PREVENTIVE AND CURABLE CANCERS KILLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR.

‘TOGETHER IT IS POSSIBLE’

EVERY PERSON, ORGANISATION, GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALLY DOING THEIR PART - WORLD WILL REDUCE PREMATURE DEATHS FROM CANCER AND OTHER NCDS BY 25% BY 2025.

HOPE FOR THE CANCER FREE WORLD