The number of new cancer cases in the country continues to increase annually. Last year alone, over nine hundred new cancer cases were reported. This was shared by Doctor Raden Mas Jeffri bin Raden Mas Ismail, Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Brunei Cancer Centre, TBCC, Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre in an interview during yesterday morning s Rampai Programme in conjunction with World Cancer Day. Among the frequently occurring cancer are breast cancer, colon cancer and cervical cancer which affect women. Colon cancer, followed by lung cancer and prostate cancer can easily affect male patients.
Doctor Raden Mas Jeffri also explained that patients with the risk of getting cancer are those aged 40 and above. Eventhough last year the country faced the challenge of COVID-19, cancer treatment in the country was able to be carried out well. According to Doctor Raden Mas Jeffri, cancer is the main cause of death in many countries including Brunei Darussalam. The Union for Inte
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LONDON (Reuters) - Surrounded by lipstick and eye-shadow, Aisha Quashie brushes her cheek with foundation as she mirrors makeup artist Laura Hunt thousands of miles away in London.
The 39-year-old, who finished treatment for lymphoma in March, is doing a private online makeup tutorial while shielding at her Mississauga, Ontario home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When you’re going through something like cancer, you tend to stay away regardless, because sometimes you’re not feeling well,” Quashie told Reuters.
“But that additional isolation, just it makes it even that much harder not being able to see family (and) friends. It’s definitely tough mentally.”
This week, the world will commemorate the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity. Health comes under the spotlight, with a focus on eradicating cancer as well as female genital mutilation globally by 2030. In Cape Town and Pretoria, health activists deliver demands to embassies on the TRIPS waiver. And health experts discuss the impact of Covid-19 on adolescents.
This week the world will commemorate the International Day of Human Fraternity for the first time. The 4 February occasion will give focus to initiatives to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue to enhance peace and respect, as exemplified by the meeting of Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, on 4 February 2019 to sign the document “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together”. This inspired the date.
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