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The National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) and ASEAN Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Groups formalized their collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony, held as a key milestone during the APPISx SEA Roundtable. This strategic alliance, co-hosted by APPIS and NCSM, underscores a shared commitment to advancing equitable access to breast cancer care across Southeast Asia through patient-centered innovation, regional advocacy, and multistakeholder collaboration. -Photo: APPISx SEA

The immobilisation mask secures the patient’s position for precise targeting during ExacTrac Dynamic therapy.

Photo for illustrative purposes only. - Photo: CANVA

Common symptoms linked to an enlarged prostate include frequent urination at night, difficulty in starting or stopping urination, weak flow, hesitancy and incomplete emptying. Photo: Canva

Women who have had six children face nearly half the risk compared to women who have not given birth, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported on Wednesday. - 123RF photo for illustration purpose only

Malaysia’s female labour participation rate (FLPR) was 56.4 per cent as of May 2025, an increase from 56.2 per cent in 2023, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia. - Photo illustrated by Sinar Daily

A healthy diet, regular exercise, avoiding tobacco and nicotine from smoking, and managing one’s stress all play a key role in reducing cancer risk. Photo: Canva

Hospital Picaso, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dr Mastura Md Yusof stressed that there was currently no solid evidence to confirm a clear link between low vitamin D levels and an increased risk of cancer.

Hospital Picaso, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dr Mastura Md Yusof, if you were to take a vitamin D blood test today, chances are you'd be considered deficient and so would most people around you, even in a sun-soaked country like Malaysia. Photo: Canva

HER2-positive cancers are fueled by an overactive HER2 gene, which makes too much of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 that helps cancer cells grow and spread. - Bernama file photo