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Cancer deaths in the UK have fallen to their lowest level ever recorded, with a nearly 29% drop since 1989. Decades of investment in screening, vaccines, and new treatments are saving lives across nearly every major cancer type.
Researchers are unlocking new ways to detect and treat lung cancer in people who've never smoked, a distinct form of the disease that's often caught too late. Countries like Taiwan are already testing screening programs for at-risk non-smokers, offering hope for earlier detection.
India is transforming cervical cancer prevention with widespread screening and vaccines, targeting a disease that kills one Indian woman every few minutes. New screening programs have already reached over 100 million women, offering hope in a country that accounts for nearly one-third of global cervical cancer deaths.