Kuwait: The Cancer Awareness National Campaign (CAN) has announced the launch of their annual thyroid cancer awareness campaign (knowledge is life), with seminars medical staff in primary care and training centers, to be held until January 28th .

CAN board Chairman Dr. Khaled Al-Saleh said in the launch ceremony Sunday that thyroid cancer cases have increased worldwide. However in Kuwait, there are only 13 cases among 100,000 women, recorded a year, and around six among men in the same sample, Dr. Al-Saleh said, stressing importance of early detection, which can lead to a 99 percent cure rate.