There has been a surge in cancer-related treatments owing to an increase in detection
KALATUK, TURBAT: World Cancer Day is observed on February 4 every year to raise awareness of the debilitating disease called cancer, and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment.
World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.
Although it can be said that more people are now aware about the disease, cancer detection has unfortunately increased over the years. In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States alone and around 595,690 people died from the disease.
Even in Pakistan, there has been a surge in cancer-related treatments owing to an increase in detection. In the wake of this, this February 4 we should conduct awareness campaigns on how to protect against cancer and ask people to get themselves checked regularly so that early stage detection are made and lives are saved.
Rahmat Baloch
Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2019.
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