Every year on February 4, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) organises World Cancer Day, an international awareness campaign. Most often, cancer is caused by an unchecked, abnormal proliferation of cells in the body that results in a mass or tumour. Tumours can grow, spread to other body parts, and impair all bodily functions if they are not treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Cancer Day: History <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first World Cancer Day was observed on February 4, 2000, during the Paris-based World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium. The goals of the Paris Charter, which also established World Cancer Day, are to advance research, prevent cancer, enhance patient care, increase public awareness, and galvanise the international community to advance the fight against cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n World Cancer Day 2024: Theme <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, the theme of World Cancer Day will be to “Close the cancer gap” between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr Moeti said in the message for World Cancer Day, this year is the campaign’s third and last year. Together, we challenge those in power\u00a0is this year’s theme. He said,\u00a0Cancer Day address, this topic captures the global call on leaders to give cancer prevention and care top priority, allocate more funds for this cause, and take further action to create a just and cancer-free society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past few decades, cancer, the second-leading cause of death globally\u2014has grown to be a serious health concern. The silent killer spreads gradually before exhibiting symptoms that are evident and frequently goes unnoticed in its early stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The secret to surviving this deadly disease is early detection. The deadly disease is on the rise in India as well. Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) estimates that 19.3 million cancer cases occurred globally in 2020. According to predictions, the number of cancer cases in India is expected to reach 2 million by 2040, representing a 57.5 percent increase from 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One in nine people will likely get cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Registry Program. The most common cancers in men and women, respectively, were lung and breast cancers. Childhood lymphoid leukaemia has become the most prevalent cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year on February 4, people celebrate World Cancer Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":500801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1532,110599],"tags":[3158,161869,161870,65119,161868],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04115035\/shutterstock_361170554-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500798"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=500798"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=500798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}