Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who supported a Women's Cancer Initiative (WCI) event here, says people generally need to be more aware about the disease as early detection can give them a better chance at a cure. Aishwarya interacted with the media when she supported WCI's Soul Stirrings event, hosted by Tata Memorial Hospital on Tuesday.

The actress and former Miss World pointed out that there are many myths in the country about cancer as a disease. "There are so many myths and misconceptions in our country that it is astonishing to realise and recognise that there are so many people even in this day and age who believe that a disease like cancer could possibly be contagious to us. That's shocking, but to many it seems that's a fact. That just boils down to lack of awareness, education, access to information, recognising what this disease is all about and the step you need to take as simple as early detection," she said.