Tag: cancer treatment

2 April 2024

At SJMC, Cancer Patients And Caregivers Feel Safe, Confident In Their Journey

Cancer patients and caregivers are cared for and aided at SJMC by a multidisciplinary team of medical specialists, oncology nurses, nurse educators or counsellors, radiation therapists, medical physicists, liaison officers, and cancer care coordinators.

5 March 2024

Malaysia

See Cancer Prevention, Treatment As Economic Investment, Not Cost Burden: UM Professor

UM epidemiologist Prof Dr Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy says cancer prevention and treatment should be viewed as an investment in the economy, not a cost burden, as many patients are employed young adults who can return to work if cancer is detected early or treated.

27 February 2024

Malaysia

Cancer Survivors Draw Strength From Each Other In Sunway’s Cancer Buddy Programme

Under Sunway’s Cancer Buddy Programme, cancer survivor Filzah Farah encourages cancer patients to seek medical treatment, while Calise Teo, who's in her fourth year after Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, found encouragement in seeing her buddy progress.

21 February 2024

Malaysia

Tailored Multidisciplinary Cancer Care At Sunway Cancer Centre

Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City’s 3 senior consultants – Dr Chang Kian Meng (specialising in liquid cancers), Dr John Low Seng Hooi (specialising in solid cancers) and Dr Yap Tsiao Yi (specialising in paediatric cancers) – are in Sunway Cancer Centre.

7 February 2024

World

Caring For A Cancer Condition That Often Goes Unseen

Cancer cachexia affects 50 to 80 per cent of people with cancer, but you may never have heard of it.

6 February 2024

World

Are ‘Zombie’ Cancer Cells Why The Disease Sometimes Returns?

Cancer treatments can put some cancer cells to sleep instead of killing them. Researchers are investigating if this is a reason the disease sometimes returns.

5 February 2024

World

Plants Can Be Game-Changers In Cancer Treatment

Plant-derived anti-cancer agents are effective cancer inhibitors. Their production and use need to be managed to keep up with demand sustainably.

8 January 2024

Malaysia

Spotlight On Malaysia’s Cancer Challenge: Overcoming Late-Stage Diagnoses And Fostering Awareness

Over 63% of diagnoses in Malaysia occur when cancer has already advanced to late stages, severely limiting treatment options and driving up health care costs. The most common cancers in Malaysia are breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer.

6 October 2023

Malaysia

How Cancer Patients Can Get Tailored Treatment At THKD

Oncology and Nuclear Medicine @ Thomson Hospital in Kota Damansara offers a range of cancer services, including advanced staging and treatment options that improve the precision and effectiveness of cancer treatment, so that treatment strategies are tailored to the patient.

19 April 2023

Malaysia

How Covid Education Programmes Were Repurposed For Cancer – With Beauticians And Barbers

NCSM repurposed tactics from its Covid vaccination campaign by getting beauty salons and barber shops to educate their customers about cancer. Risk reduction strategies, says NCSM, must be in youth and sports, schools and communities, not with clinicians.

Tag: cancer treatment

At SJMC, Cancer Patients And Caregivers Feel Safe, Confident In Their Journey

See Cancer Prevention, Treatment As Economic Investment, Not Cost Burden: UM Professor

Cancer Survivors Draw Strength From Each Other In Sunway’s Cancer Buddy Programme

Tailored Multidisciplinary Cancer Care At Sunway Cancer Centre

Caring For A Cancer Condition That Often Goes Unseen

Are ‘Zombie’ Cancer Cells Why The Disease Sometimes Returns?

Plants Can Be Game-Changers In Cancer Treatment

Spotlight On Malaysia’s Cancer Challenge: Overcoming Late-Stage Diagnoses And Fostering Awareness

How Cancer Patients Can Get Tailored Treatment At THKD

How Covid Education Programmes Were Repurposed For Cancer – With Beauticians And Barbers

LIAM CEO Stunned By 13-Page Hospital Bill For RM19,000 Minor Hernia Surgery

APHM: Insurance Industry Makes ‘Big Profits’, But Private Hospitals’ Revenue ‘Carefully Controlled’

UM’s Medical Faculty Targets 200 Graduates Annually Despite Declining Interest In Medicine

Health Insurers May Introduce 5% To 20% Copay: LIAM

Protection For Female Doctors In Malaysian Public Hospitals — Klang Valley Specialist