November 7, 2025—National Cancer Awareness Day, etched indelibly on November 7 in India’s calendar of health imperatives, resounds as a resounding rallying cry to “Act Early, Save Lives,” a theme that slices through the veil of a silent epidemic claiming over 10 lakh lives annually in the nation, where timely intervention could halve mortality rates and extend millions of tomorrows. Inaugurated in 2014 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in alliance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),