4 February 2020 Malaysia Visit Doctors, Not Bomoh, Dzulkefly Tells Malaysians With Cancer People usually seek medical attention only when alternative treatment fails (which is often).
31 January 2020 Malaysia Too Soon To Say Malaysia’s Cancer Strategy Failed, Activist Says The National Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Programme was only in effect from 2016, while a new cancer report reported incidence from as early as 2012.
28 January 2020 Malaysia Do More To Spot Cancer, MOH Told After 11% Rise Charles Santiago wants an online government system to report cancer.
24 January 2020 Malaysia PKR MP Flays Johor Over Cancer Spike Efforts by health authorities, be they under the old government or the new, are still inadequate, says Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim.
16 January 2020 Malaysia Losing Millions Doesn’t Stop Beacon Hospital From Treating Cancer The maximum charge for cancer treatment at Beacon Hospital in PJ is RM20,000.
10 January 2020 Malaysia Cancer Deaths Rise 30% Among Malaysians Malaysia reported 82,601 cancer deaths in 2012-2016, up 28.5% from 64,275 cases in 2007-2011.
9 January 2020 Malaysia More Malaysian Women Getting Breast Cancer, Fewer Cervical In men, prostate cancer showed the highest increase of incidence from the 2007-2011 period to 2012-2016.
7 January 2020 Malaysia Johor Still Reports Most Cancer Cases, Study Shows Women in Penang and males in Melaka are most likely to get cancer, according to the latest national report on cancer trends in Malaysia.
6 January 2020 Malaysia Malaysian Chinese Women Get Most Leading Cancers Lymphoma, leukaemia, bladder, ovarian, and thyroid cancers, on the other hand, are more common among Malay women and men.
3 January 2020 Malaysia Malaysia’s Cancer Control Strategy Didn’t Work, Says Galen Future registry reports should be released earlier to ensure that cancer policies are guided by updated data, says the Galen Centre.