world cancer day 2023

• World Cancer Day is observed every year on 7 November.

• It is celebrated to promote awareness about the diagnosis, treatment and early detection of cancer.

• It is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the signing of the 'Charter of Paris against Cancer'.

• It started in the first 'World Summit Against Cancer' held in Paris in 2000.

• It is organized by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).

• The theme for World Cancer Day 2023 is "Close the Care Gap".