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World Cancer Day 2022: Main areas of concern for males, females

A cancer screening camp was organised by the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology at Uttarahalli Public Health Centre in Bengaluru on February 4, 2022 to mark World Cancer Day. (Source: K. MURALI KUMAR)

February 4 is observed as World Cancer Day. Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. One defining feature of cancer is the rapid creation of abnormal cells that grow beyond their usual boundaries, and which can then invade adjoining parts of the body and spread to other organs.

 

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