Cancer is more than just a cluster of diseases. Beyond patho-physiological variations, it has been mobilized by experts and lay people to make sense of a wide variety of phenomena. The regional variability and socio-historical situatedness of experiences of cancer have been widely published in recent decades (Dein, 2006; Matthews, Burke and Kampriani, 2015; McMullin and Weiner, 2009; Manderson et al, 2005; Livingstone 2012; Bennett et al forthcoming). Many scholars in medical anthropology have championed a research approach that foregrounds the voices of and practices carried out by people affected by cancer, enquiring into how diverse populations (do not) seek diagnosis, (do not) undergo treatments, and attempt to carry on with their lives with and despite cancer (