Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. Lung cancer was the most common type for the last two decades, but is now in second place, ahead of colorectal cancer, which is the third most widespread, Andre Ilbawi, a cancer specialist at the WHO, told a UN briefing ahead of World Cancer Day on Thursday.

Breast cancer is now the most commonly occurring cancer in the world

National Cancer Awareness Day is celebrated on November 7th every year in India. The announcement to observe the day was made in September 2014 by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. On this day, watch how wig makers in Bengaluru are bringing smiles to cancer patients, who battle social stigma of hair loss after going through chemotherapy. #NationalCancerAwarenessDay #Cancer #Chemotherapy

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Breast cancer is now the most commonly occurring cancer in the world

National Cancer Awareness Day: Helping cancer patients fight stigma