Cancer knows no boundaries; nor should cancer care

Historically, cancer has been widely considered a death sentence.Today, for many patients, cancers are treatable. They are often detected earlier, identified more precisely through screening and molecular profiling, and treated more effectively through a host of increasingly personalised treatments. Survival rates for major cancers have improved markedly, and in more developed nations, advances once considered breakthroughs are now routine.While cancer afflicts populations worldwide, progress in oncology research is uneven, creating stark disparities in patient outcomes between developed and developing nations. In 2023, more than half (65.8%) of cancer deaths occurred in Low- to Upper-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) like India.

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