Dr Ng (centre) and medical student volunteers at a learning booth about how BRCA gene mutations is passed on from one generation to the next. Photos: Handout
Empowered, The Cancer Advocacy Society of Malaysia, launched its first-ever Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Campaign at Paradigm Mall in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, recently.
Bearing the theme of Check Your Genes, Fight Cancer, this community outreach programme aimed to raise awareness about HBOC and recognise Malaysians who have been affected by hereditary breast, ovarian and related cancers, including women and men with BRCA mutations and individuals with a family history of cancer.
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