Feature: Greek doctors, patients count progress steps, shortcomings in cancer prevention, treatment

Evangelos Filopoulos, president of the Hellenic Cancer Society, introduces a pilot program to the press at the one-day clinic "Nikos Kourkoulos" of a central Athens public hospital in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 4, 2020. Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at the one-day clinic "Nikos Kourkoulos" of a central Athens public hospital were offered a special gift on Tuesday as World Cancer Day was observed across the globe. Under a pilot program launched by non-profit organization Hellenic Cancer Society in cooperation with private donors, patients were provided with mp3 players and the chance to listen to theater plays from the archive of national broadcaster and radio ERT, while getting treatment. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)