The writer recounts how his sister struggled with breast cancer before succumbing to the disease.

THIS is not just another sad cancer story, but the story of the struggles my own sister, Ilani Isahak, went through, fighting her breast cancer for three years until she succumbed to the disease in February this year. I had written a tribute to her, in which I extolled her service to the community and nation, especially her dedication in promoting interfaith harmony. She died soon after successfully establishing the national interfaith committee, a task entrusted to her by the Cabinet.