The current World Cancer Day theme is 'Close the care gap', now in its third and final year. This campaign focuses on addressing issues of equity in cancer care, rallying individuals, organisations, and governments alike to address the disparities that hinder access to essential cancer services for many people, due to age, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic situation or geographical location. Even when these services are available, many individuals encounter barriers in obtaining the care they require.

The theme of this year's World Cancer Day, "Close the Care Gap", is a call to action to raise awareness about the disparities in cancer treatment.

World Cancer Day is an international day held on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.

On World Cancer Day people around the world collaborate towards a shared vision: a world where millions of cancer deaths are prevented and access to life-saving treatment and care.