6 October 2022
Breast cancer and ovarian cancer have different signs, risk factors, and prevention measures, and it is important for all women to know these as the risk of developing them increases with age.
Tag: cancer
6 October 2022
My cancer treatment cost so far in the last five years amounted to nearly RM255,000, excluding travel costs to KL.
3 October 2022
Allocation for health care should be scrutinised to ensure equitable access to quality health care in the country.
26 September 2022
Columbia Asia Hospital Bukit Rimau in Selangor launches a ClockOut2CheckUp campaign in conjunction with the opening of its first cancer centre.
15 September 2022
Malaysia
IHH Healthcare To Provide Free Radiotherapy And Radiosurgery For Cancer Patients From Govt Hospitals
MOH patients can get treated in IHH hospitals with Gamma Knife and Linear Accelerator: Pantai Hospital KL, Gleneagles Hospital KL, PCMC, Gleneagles Hospital Penang, Pantai Hospital Penang, Gleneagles Hospital Medini Johor, Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh.
6 September 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin tells the first HWP town hall, held in Sarawak, that he will talk to the Advisory Council co-chairs about representation from Sarawak, Sabah, and pharmacists.
5 September 2022
Malaysian medical practitioners say they do not support the use of cannabis for chronic pain, palliative care, or cancer patients, due to currently insufficient clinical evidence.
30 August 2022
NCSM and other advocates urge the government to restart the nationwide HPV vaccination programme in 2023 and to implement a catch-up programme for teen girls who missed their shots.
23 August 2022
Letter
From Rare Inflammatory Disorder To Cancer: Early Screening Is Vital – S. Mathana Amaris Fiona
A patient started showing symptoms last year, was diagnosed with RF in February, but died from advanced cancer, a disease he never knew of at the start.
19 August 2022
Getting buy-ins from stakeholders has proven to be a “challenge” with MOH’s proposed “generation end game” to smoking. Making the case to prevent diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in Malaysia won’t be any easier.