World Cancer Day: 4 February 2013

Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA) Area: News World Cancer Day is held each year on 4 February to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. The day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control - please see the link below for further information.   The Lancet has featured several comment articles released to coincide with World Cancer Day, the majority of which discuss actions that governments and policy makers can take to help prevent unnecessary cancer deaths, as part of the Stop Cancer Now! appeal.  
Source: NeLM - News - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news