World Cancer Day
(02/04/15 10:47am)
Cancer doesn’t take days off. Even today, on World Cancer Day, the disease strikes with as much vigor as yesterday, the same relentlessness it will bring tomorrow. And another thing—cancer doesn’t confine itself to borders. Though just five percent of global spending on cancer care reaches low-incomef and middle-income countries, the disease thrives in these defenseless populations. In fact, the poor suffer 80% of all disability-adjusted life years lost to cancer worldwide.