‘Two-thirds of all cancers can be treated’
As the second leading cause of global mortality, cancer is often equated with death. This World Cancer Day, Dr Hari Menon urges us to look at this much-dreaded and oft-misunderstood healthcare challenge through a more hopeful and scientific lens. By Jisha Krishnan In 2000, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a non-governmental organisation, conceptualised a day – 4 February – to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. This year, as we continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, with the global spotlight on healthcare, World Cancer Day...