1.5 lakh die of cancer a year
Experts at a discussion yesterday said there are around 12 lakh cancer patients in the country and two lakh new patients are added annually of which 1.5 lakh patients die due to the disease. If detected earlier, 90 percent cancer is curable especially in the case of cervical and breast cancer, they added. Experts said this at the discussion organised by Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) at the National Museum auditorium to mark the World Cancer Survivors' Day.
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