Tag: World Cancer Day

Cancer services are covered by national healthcare services in only 37 per cent of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78 per cent of high-income countries.

Eight-year-old Mamali Panda from Bhadrak district is the reason of smile for many. Despite her young age, Mamali is popular as a social worker who also contributes towards welfare of birds in her region.

Bhubaneswar: Students of IIIT Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswar Urban Knowledge Centre (BUKC) of BDA staged a ‘Nukkad Natak’ or street play (a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces) to celebrate and create awareness on World Cancer Day at the BMC Bhawani Mall in Bhubaneswar today. Going […]

Athens: Greece has observed World Cancer Day with a series of events aimed to raise awareness and help in the prevention of the disease and support of patients. The motto of the day, observed on Saturday, was: “We change to live” was projected onto the Greek Parliament building which was lit up, Xinhua news agency reported. […]

Bhubaneswar: The grip of cancer over Odisha is growing acute. In the year 2018, cancer had killed 74 every 24 hours in the State vis-a-vis 66 in 2015. The total mortalities had reached 27,190 in 2018. Another alarming fact is cancer prevalence rate in Odisha is quite disconcerting. The prevalence rate is estimated at a […]

New Delhi: Since ovarian cancer, the third most commonly detected cancer among Indian women, has very silent symptoms, women can take care of themselves by staying vigilant and going for regular health checkups, doctors have advised on the occasion of World Cancer Day on Tuesday. It is a malignancy that occurs in the ovaries, the […]

Hyderabad: Cancer patients too can take Covid-19 vaccine, but under medical supervision, cancer specialists said ahead of the World Cancer Day on February 4. Though few patients with cancer were included in the vaccine trials, they said that going by various studies, vaccines look safe for cancer patients. At a time when several countries, including […]

By Puja Gupta New Delhi: Cancer is an unnatural growth of cells that wrecks the healthy environment of the body. The complications associated with it is not because of the disease, but due to the delayed diagnosis as the symptoms are mostly unclear at times. India has recorded a 333 per cent increase in online […]