ESL Questions World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day happens February 4th. These 75 questions help students explore cancer from facts (What causes it?) to harder conversations about prevention, treatment, survivors, and why cancer matters in every community.
Beginner
Do you know about cancer?
Have you heard of World Cancer Day?
When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
Do you know someone with cancer?
What is cancer?
Is cancer always deadly?
Can cancer be prevented?
Have you been tested for cancer?
Do you think cancer is common?
What causes cancer?
Have you donated to cancer charities?
Do you know the cancer symptoms?
Is cancer treatment expensive?
Can doctors cure cancer?
Have you seen cancer awareness campaigns?
Do you exercise regularly?
Is smoking bad for health?
Do you eat healthy food?
Has cancer affected your family?
Would you get screened for cancer?
Do you know about cancer support groups?
Have you lost someone to cancer?
Is cancer awareness important?
What color ribbon is for cancer?
Would you volunteer for cancer research?
Intermediate
Why do you think cancer is scary?
How has cancer treatment improved?
What do you know about cancer prevention?
Have you been affected by cancer personally?
How important is early detection?
Would you get genetic testing if recommended?
What's the hardest part about having cancer?
How do cancer survivors cope afterward?
Do you think cancer care is fair?
What lifestyle changes reduce cancer risk?
How much does access to treatment differ globally?
Should cancer screening be mandatory?
How do you talk to children about cancer?
What role does luck play in cancer?
How important is mental health for cancer patients?
Do you support cancer research funding?
What would improve cancer patient support?
How has awareness of cancer changed?
Do you think cancer stigma exists?
What's the emotional toll of cancer?
How do families cope with cancer?
Should pharmaceutical companies lower cancer drug prices?
What can individuals do about cancer prevention?
How does diet affect cancer risk?
What gives cancer survivors hope?
Advanced
Is the 'war on cancer' metaphor helpful or harmful?
Why does cancer feel more terrifying than other diseases?
Can we realistically prevent most cancers, or is it partly luck?
Should cancer screening be universal or risk-based?
How much does poverty increase cancer mortality unfairly?
Can the pharmaceutical industry balance profit with accessibility?
Does cancer awareness sometimes create unnecessary anxiety?
Should employers have to accommodate cancer survivors?
Is the emotional burden of cancer survivorship underestimated?
Can alternative medicine complement conventional cancer treatment?
How much responsibility do individuals have for cancer prevention?
Should smoking be more heavily restricted?
Does environmental pollution create an unfair cancer burden?
Can we ethically fund cancer research when other diseases are neglected?
How does wealth affect cancer outcomes?
Should genetic predisposition to cancer change how we live?
Can cancer be destigmatized without minimizing its seriousness?
How do we balance cancer prevention with living freely?
Should cancer survivors be considered disabled if in remission?
Can cancer awareness campaigns be effective without creating fear?
How much should cancer patients' families sacrifice?
Is the focus on 'fighting' cancer empowering or burdensome?
Should advanced cancer patients have access to all treatments regardless of cost?
Can social media support for cancer patients be harmful?
What does genuine cancer equity look like globally?