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Four medical professionals whose cancer research projects have been funded by the Terry Fox Foundation over the last three years will be awarded with their final monetary instalment at this month’s Terry Fox Run taking place in Abu Dhabi on February 21. The Organising Committee of the Terry Fox Run Abu Dhabi is commending the researchers’ projects (valued at a total of AED1,189,000) and will be presenting them with a final cheque of AED285,000 on the Run day itself. The projects – which are conducted at different universities, hospitals and institutes across the UAE – are undertaken in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the UAE University in Al Ain.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are currently 7.6 million people who die from cancer worldwide every year, out of which, 4 million people die prematurely (aged 30 to 69 years). Research suggests that one-third of cancer deaths can be avoided through education, the dispelling of myths and misconceptions and addressing the known modifiable risk factors, which are known to cause cancers. For example, tobacco, alcohol, poor diet and physical inactivity, some viruses and infections, sun and excess UV exposure.
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