Installed: First Halcyon radiotherapy machine to treat cancer patients


PETALING JAYA: With the rise of cancer cases every year, the first Halcyon Radiotherapy machine in South-East Asia to treat this deadly disease has been installed in a private hospital in Malaysia.

“There are 37,000 new cancer cases every year, and many of them will likely have to go for radiotherapy as part of their cancer treatments,” said Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye during the launch of the radiotherapy machine at Beacon Hospital on Tuesday (May 14).

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