Big C In Malaysia

Cancer is a big killer and it is set to be a bigger killer with a 54 per cent jump in new cases by 2025 if we do nothing about it. Adding to the problem is the fact that Malaysia does not have enough oncologists to treat the rising number of cancer patients.

Now, the Government is seriously updating and intensifying its national cancer control blueprint for a better combat strategy against the disease, made worse by the increasingly unhealthy lifestyle habits and bad dietary choices, among other things.

If nothing is done about the situation, the number of new cancer cases in Malaysia is expected to shoot up by 54 per cent from 37,000 in 2012 to 56,932 in 2025.This is based on projections from Globocan, the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organisation.

It was reported that about 90,000 to 100,000 people in Malaysia are battling with cancer at any one time, with many new cases left unregistered every year.