Speaking at an event on Wednesday (Feb 26), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said cancer is the third leading cause of premature deaths in the country.
According to him, Malaysia recorded over a total of 248,207 cancer cases from 2017 to 2023, with cancer deaths rising from 12.6% in 2022 to 13.8% in 2023.
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According to him, Malaysia recorded over a total of 248,207 cancer cases from 2017 to 2023, with cancer deaths rising from 12.6% in 2022 to 13.8% in 2023.
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00:00The number three premature death in Malaysia is cancer and of course going by the ranking
00:16you have breast other than colorectal and then closing closely is lymphoma
00:25and lymphoclostis. I don't forget the lymphoclostis. This is the reason why as said by Dr. Murali
00:32that each and every cancer patient faces a challenge of almost given a life or a death
00:46sentence. Once upon a time it was looking more like that.
00:50It's more like a death sentence. Once upon a time it was almost like that. Even now.
01:12We are ourselves a cancer survivor or one in a family. It's enough. It's enough to overwhelm
01:30the whole family and the emotion beside the financial impact is truly overwhelming.
01:38The cancer today is a disease that is a big challenge in causing premature death. And
01:50this death, we are cancer, constitute the third killer in Malaysia. And I want to immediately
01:58conclude that precisely because of that, in dealing with this cancer, I immediately conclude
02:04that I have already advocated and I want to take health care approach and that is preventive,
02:18promotive, predictive rather than curative and reactive. This is the long health initiative
02:36in Malaysia where we want to advance transformation. We want to champion this in terms of prevention
02:48and awareness. And we really hope that you will be presenting this. At the global level,
02:58Malaysia is bringing the resolution of the World Health Organization, WHO, and 14 other
03:08countries that support this long health initiative. Lung is the most vulnerable, often time insulted
03:16organ that is exposed to not only smoking but also environmental and occupational hazards.
03:28It's a difficult one to face it.