Have Questions About Cancer? Ask Dr Shubham Pant

This World Cancer Day, let’s engage in this long-overdue dialogue.

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What is cancer? What are the risk factors? What can a person do to decrease the risk of cancer? When it comes to a disease like cancer, the only silly question is the one that you haven’t asked.

On World Cancer Day, we have Dr Shubham Pant, Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine in Oklahoma City joining us for a discussion on The Quint’s social media platforms.

Send in your questions now.

More than 1 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in India. A third of these are preventable.

Cancer kills more people on a global scale than AIDS, Malaria and TB combined. It is the second most common cause of death in India (after cardiac illnesses).

The World Health Organisation notes that in 10 years, the number of cancer cases in India will multiply five times, with a higher spike in women than men.