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The Malaysian Oncological Society launched a public forum, the first in a series of breast cancer awareness month activities in Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of 3 October 2004. A series of public forums will follow in Alor Setar, Ipoh, Malacca and Johor Bharu. The launch was officiated by YA Berbahagia Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Ms Ranjit Kaur, President of Reach to Recovery International and the Malaysian Breast Cancer Council gave a short speech at the official ceremony as well.

The topics in the public forum were:

Following the talks, there was a question and answer session that lasted about half an hour and of course tea.

	L to R: Dr Gurcharan, President of the Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS), YBhg Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Ms Ranjit Kaur, President of Reach to Recovery International, Dr Mohd Ibrahim Wahid, Secretary of the MOS
	Datin Seri Rosmah meets some of those who attended the public forum
	At the registration counter, manned by staff from Pfizer. Pfizer was the main sponsor of the public forum
	L to R: Dr Matin Mellor, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dr Evelyn Ho, Consultant Radiologist, Prof Dr Yip Cheng Har, Consultant Surgeon and Ms Siew Mei Quin, young breast cancer survivor. The panel answered questions at the end of the series of talks.
	Dr Albert Lim, Consultant Clinical Oncologist acted both as a speaker during the forum and moderated the Q & A session at the end of the talks
	Active participation by the audience at the Q & A session


	Everyone was treated to tea at the end of the public forum. Questioning and discussion continued at tea time!