KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 (Bernama) — World Cancer Day is a global initiative to unite communities across the world in the war against cancer. It is celebrated on February 4 annually with the aim of avoiding preventable deaths through early detection and raising awareness and knowledge amongst individuals, family members and communities.
This year, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has introduced a theme which will be used for three years beginning 2019 to 2021, which is: