In a world that is increasingly getting polluted and where lifestyle habits are causing life-threatening diseases at an early age, it is not entirely surprising to read that India records 10,000 new cases of cancer in kids every year. What shocks and saddens, though, is the news that cure rates in India are as low as 20 per cent, compared to 80 per cent in developed countries. Worse, this has less to do with lack of scientific progress and a lot more to do with socio economic conditions of patients and malnutrition.

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