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Cancer has been found to be the fourth most common cause of death in Malaysia which has been mentioned by the Health Ministry in its latest report .It was revealed that cancer is responsible for 12.6 percent of all deaths in government hospital but the rate was more than doubled in private hospitals, at 26.7 percent. The most common cancer among Malaysians are lung, trachea and bronchus, female breast, colorectal, nasopharynx, prostate, brain and nervous systems, stomach, liver, cervix uteri, ovary, corpus uteri, thyroid, pancreas, leukaemia and lymphoma. Being diagnosed with cancer is not something to be taken lightly and not forgetting bout the impact caused on the patient as well as their family members.
During the weekend I attended the International Conference on Integrated Cancer Treatment which was held by Taiwan’s largest medical center, the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) at Penang’s Bayview Hotel. The conference had more than one hundred attendees which includes medical professionals, academics, business owners, Taiwanese alumni and members of the public who joined the panel in a detailed discussion on lung, brain and liver cancer as well as experience sharing.