World Cancer Day  

World Lung Cancer Day is observed on August 1 every year to spread awareness about lung health and the importance of cancer prevention strategies.

The battle against cancer is perhaps one of humanity’s longest. The need to find its cause and put an end to great misery has fuelled research in oncology for decades. Dr. Kamal Ranadive was an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses. She was a founder member of the Indian Women Scientists' Association (IWSA). In the 1960s, she established India's first tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in Mumbai. Let’s find out more about the life of this unsung scientist in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Ramesh Bhatkar, the renowned Marathi film, TV and stage actor, has passed away on World Cancer Day on February 4 after his long battle with lung cancer. He was 70.

These are heroes who inspire us to stay strong on the battleground of life and emerge victorious. Check out ten personas who have fought cancer.

Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife Tahira Kashyap has shared a new pic on World Cancer Day which shows the scar from her mastectomy.