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Christobel Mary Saunders AO, FRCS, FRACS (born 16 January 1963) is a British-Australian oncologist and breast cancer specialist, who holds the position of Winthrop Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Western Australia.
In March 2019, Siti Hasmah underwent surgery to remove a small lump in her left breast after a mammogram and biopsy confirmed its presence. After recovering, she shared her experience of undergoing breast cancer treatment during the Kuala Lumpur-level Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, urging women to prioritize early screening and treatment.
It supports the Pink Pit Stop Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, taking stalls to local shopping malls [7] and the government proposal to provide free nutritious breakfast for poorer children. [8] Cardiologists from the hospital work voluntarily on a rota at the charitable Cardiac Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah. [9]
Established in 1998, UMSC was initially located at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and in 2007 shifted to UMSC's own building. It is adjacent to the largest teaching hospital in Malaysia, UMMC and Malaysia's oldest medical school, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya founded in 1962 which shares its roots with the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital is a non-profit hospital in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Established in 1976, the 40-bed hospital at Tanjung Bungah offers specialist treatments for cancer patients, including tomotherapy, radiosurgery and chemotherapy. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The hospital has a special ward for cancer treatment sponsored by MAKNA and Maybank. In future, the hospital, together with UKM Child Specialist Hospital (Malay: Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; HPKK-UKM) located next to it, will be connected with MRT Circle Line via Jalan Yaacob Latif MRT station.
Shyamala died of colon cancer in Oakland on February 11, 2009, at age 70. [6] She requested that donations be made to the organization Breast Cancer Action. [6] Later in 2009, Kamala Harris carried her mother's ashes to Chennai on the southeastern coast of peninsular India and dispersed them in the Indian Ocean waters. [18]
Deen was appointed Professor of Surgery in the University of Kelaniya and together with Janaka de Silva, was a part of the concept-planning team which brought liver transplantation to Sri Lanka. [5] He has published several books and research papers in peer reviewed journals.