Battling the Big C


Cancer cases are set to shoot up by an alarming 54% to 56,932 by 2025 unless something is done. The Health Ministry is updating its national cancer control blueprint to better address the disease in the country, made worse by the increasingly unhealthy lifestyle habits and bad dietary choices, among other things.

Our increasingly unhealthy lifestyles are helping cancer gain a firmer foothold in Malaysia. But the Health Ministry has a plan to deploy better weapons against this scourge.

IT isn’t a new disease. But we still have a long way to go when it comes to combating cancer.

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