Advances in Cancer Health Can Help You Survive

There are 2 reasons why cancer patients die prematurely; they
present too late or they fail to get proper treatment.

Cancer screening
Recent advances have rendered cancers detectable even
at pre-cancer stage. These include mammography for breast
cancer, CT for lung, fecal-test & endoscopy for colon, biomarkers
for prostate, HPV DNA for cervix, HBV for liver, immunocytology
for esophagus, H.pylori for stomach; these are among the top
10 most deadly cancers in Malaysia. There are also genetic tests
to detect hereditary cancers and advances in genomics have
made multiple cancers screening possible.

About the speaker:
Dr Lim Tet Onn, a graduate of MBCHB University of Glasgow,
MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edinburgh) and a Master of Medical Statistics
from the University of Newcastle Australia. He worked in the
Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia as a consultant nephrologist
and last posting as director of the Clinical Research Centre
until retirement. He is currently involved in clinical and health
research, in collaboration with MOH, Universities, industry and
NGOs. Recent notable research includes cancers & access to
treatment, infections & vaccines and cell & gene therapies.