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Abdominal Cancer Day is an unofficial annual awareness day created by Dr. Sundeep Jain, a gastrointestinal surgeon and specialist in abdominal cancers. The primary goal of the day is to raise awareness around the symptoms of abdominal cancer in order to help with early detection, especially given that they represent six out of the ten cancers with the highest fatality rates.

History
Abdominal Cancer Day was initially announced on May 19th, 2019, on the official Facebook page. Subsequently, a nonprofit Abdominal Cancer Trust was formed to carry through the observance of the day. Throughout his career, Dr. Jain found that 60% of the abdominal cancer patients in his outpatient department were in stage four, and 25% were in stage three, most of whom had experienced symptoms for three to eighteen months, but did not seek treatment. With survival rates decreasing significantly as the cancers progress, Dr. Jain hoped to elevate the population's knowledge of symptoms to help detect the disease earlier, limiting many preventable deaths. With this goal in mind, Abdominal Cancer day was created, and has been observed every year since 2019.

Events
The first public observance of the day had a live event held in Jaipur, India, in 2019. The event featured Dr. Jain and other experts as speakers, who shared their experience and insight on abdominal cancer, and saw around 700 participants. The next year, in May 2020, the event, organized by the Abdominal Cancer Trust, received around 16,000 attendees, with roughly 10% international attendance.