Stigma around cancer prevents patients from getting diagnosed and treated


Talking openly about cancer, like the cancer support group in this filepic, can help remove the stigma surrounding the disease.

One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

This, coupled with a growing and ageing population and improved cancer treatments, means that the number of cancer cases and cancer survivors will rise substantially in the years to come.

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