Khairy Jamaluddin says about 49,000 people in Malaysia were diagnosed with cancer in 2020, with the figure likely to hit over 66,000 new cases annually by 2030.
The first Beacon Oncology Centre has been opened in Klang, and provides chemotherapy care, specialist outpatient services, and health screening services.
Appointed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Taylor’s University has selected Sunway Medical Centre to train medical physicists in internal dosimetry.
The Economic Planning Unit (EPU) cancelled last August the project proposed under the National Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Programme 2016-2020 to build a radiotherapy and oncology centre in Sungai Petani, Kedah, by 2020.