Born on February 4
World Cancer Day
Hope, care and a hand to hold.
Next: February 4, 2027
Where it comes from
World Cancer Day was born on 4 February 2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The summit's Paris Charter set out to promote research, prevent cancer, improve services for patients, raise awareness and bring the world together to make progress, and it adopted World Cancer Day as part…
How it's celebrated
Cancer societies, hospitals, schools and patient groups around the world hold talks, screenings, walks and fundraisers, and the story is shared in the press in well over a hundred countries.
Did you know
UICC is the largest and oldest international cancer organisation, with more than 1,100 member organisations in over 170 countries and territories.
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Star sign
Aquarius · January 20 – February 18 · Air sign
Original and independent, a little ahead of their time.