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Nirmala Bhoo Pathy: Pride of showcasing 15 years of data proving our strides in breast cancer control in Malaysia

Photo taken from Nirmala Bhoo Pathy/LinkedIn

Jun 25, 2024, 03:37

Nirmala Bhoo Pathy: Pride of showcasing 15 years of data proving our strides in breast cancer control in Malaysia

Nirmala Bhoo Pathy shared on LinkedIn:

“Just had an amazing afternoon at the National Cancer Congress in Sunway! Big gratitude to National Cancer Society Malaysia and Sunway University for the invitation.

Nothing beats the pride of showcasing 15 years of data proving our strides in breast cancer control in Malaysia. Huge thanks to our hospital-based registries and our wonderful team at University of Malaya and SJMC (Subang Jaya Medical Centre).

We’ve made great progress in improving access to most therapies, especially targeted therapies, and have seen a boost in survival rates. But late-stage diagnosis remains a mammoth challenge..

So, we can’t stop here.. The hope is to double down on early detection and make lifesaving cancer treatments accessible to all.

Stay tuned for our upcoming publication with more granular data and detailed discussions on policy implications and future directions!

Onward and upward!”

Nirmala Bhoo Pathy

Source: Nirmala Bhoo Pathy/LinkedIn

Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy is as a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, and practices as a public health physician in Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia.

She is also a visiting scholar at Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom since 2014. Dr Bhoo Pathy’s career is focused on optimizing life after cancer in resource-limited settings through research and advocacy. Dr Bhoo Pathy was the principal investigator of phase III of the ASEAN CosTs In ONcology (ACTION) study, comprising close to 10,000 cancer patients from eight low-and middle-income member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).