Udupi : Venki Palimaru and Srinath, both sand sculptors of Manipal, depicted the life of a cancer patient at Padubidri Chitralaya Art School on Feb 4 Saturday on the occasion of World Cancer Day in a bid to create cancer awareness among children.
They also conveyed the message that at least 25 percent of deaths due to cancer can be prevented with the joint efforts of individuals, government, and organizations. They also said that cancer is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, owing to which people must give attention to health eating and exercise, they said.
World Cancer Day 2012 was observed on the theme “together it is possible.”