World Cancer Day

Cancer Day is celebrated every year on 4 February

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The first Cancer Day was celebrated in Geneva, Switzerland in 1933

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Every year a theme is set to celebrate World Cancer Day

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The theme for World Cancer Day 2023 is "Close the Care Gap".

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Its purpose is to make common people aware of the dangers of cancer and to give information about its symptoms

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The origin of the word cancer is attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates

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Evidence of cancer cells seen in dinosaur fossils 70-80 million years ago

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