National Cancer Awareness Day is Observed on 7 November 2024.

Important Days

National Cancer Awareness Day is observed annually across India on November 7 to raise awareness about the prevention, detection, and treatment of various types of cancer.


      - NCAD aims to educate the public on early detection, promoting healthy lifestyle choices, and improving access to quality cancer care.

      - NCAD was initiated in India in September 2014 by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the former Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

      - A committee was formed, and it was declared that November 7 of every year would be observed as NCAD to raise awareness about early detection and the avoidance of cancer-causing behaviors.

Main Points:-   (i) The first NCAD was observed on November 7, 2014.

      (ii) A study by ICMR-NCDIR projects a 13.5% rise in cancer cases in Northeast India by 2025, with an estimated 57,131 cases, including 30,985 in males and 26,146 in females.

(iii) According to data from the National Cancer Registry Programme, over 800,000 new cancer cases are expected each year, with tobacco-related cancers accounting for 35-50% of all cancers in men and 17% in women.

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