This is how its done: Senior medical physicist Meelashini Letchumanan (right) explaining the Volumetric Modulator Arc Therapy equipment to visitors after the opening ceremony of Adventist Oncology Centre at Penang Adventist Hospital in Burmah Road.
CANCER cases worldwide have been on the increase and it is becoming the leading cause of deaths.
In Malaysia alone, cancer cases have increased from 32,000 new cases in 2008 to about 37,000 in 2012. This figure is expected to rise to 56,900 by 2025.
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