One way to fix Malaysia's lowest survival rate for breast cancer


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018

SUBANG JAYA: Malaysia has one of the lowest survival rates for breast cancer in Asia Pacific but a landmark programme is trying to fix that.

It's called the Patient Navigation Programme and it aims to help deal with barriers that prevent women from getting screened and treated early, such as money for treatment, worries of who will care for the family or even transport to the hospital.

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