"Stepping into the first month of a new year, we also enter a month of cancer awareness. January has been designated for this purpose, as cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, with an estimated 570,000 new cases each year. From the Bangladeshi perspective, it is the second most common type of cancer in Bangladesh, with approximately 12,000 new cases detected every year, and over 6,000 deaths due to the severity of the disease." - The Daily Star