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BUSTING MYTHS – THIS WORLD CANCER DAY

POSTED ON 22 February, 2022
BUSTING MYTHS – THIS WORLD CANCER DAY

On World Cancer Day 2022, YouWeCan Foundation and Police Families Welfare Society (PFWS) held an awareness session ‘Let’s Talk Cancer’ on the importance of early and timely detection to fight cancer, busting the myths surrounding cancer and suggesting the lifestyle and habits related to cancer. The session aimed to strike conversation around cancer to empower people to defeat this disease. The virtual event was hosted by YouWeCan Foundation’s Mentor and Founding Member Mrs.

Poonam Nanda and around 800 people attended the session. Dr. Anshuman Kumar (Director and Chief Surgeon, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Delhi) and cervical cancer survivor Mrs. Sangeeta Gupta were the panellists for the session. The session also included interaction with cancer survivors.

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