Radiology Malaysia Editor Meets Partners for the Radiology Malaysia Website and Breast Health at the 1^st KL Breast and Colorectal Cancer Congress – 9-11 Aug 2007
By Dr Evelyn Ho 

Radiology Malaysia visited the Trade Exhibition held in conjunction with the 1st KL Breast and Colorectal Cancer Congress. Nothing like a personal visit to the partners in breast health, the Radiology Malaysia website and those involved in supply of the diagnostic equipment, therapeutic equipment and of course varied and effective pharmaceuticals.
 

ELEKTA – Radiology Malaysia Sponsor
Dr Evelyn Ho visited the Elekta booth and met with David L. Famorca, the Regional Sales Manager for Asia Pacific and who is stationed in Hong Kong. Elekta is at the forefront of oncology PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System). Elekta is also the world leader in image guided and stereotactic clinical solutions for radiosurgery and radiation therapy, giving radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons an unmatched capability to aggressively treat tumors and functional targets with ultrahigh precision while sparing healthy tissue.
 

AstraZeneca’s Preliminary Introduction to Touchpoint
Touchpoint is a patient support programme that helps the breast cancer patient become more motivated and better informed of the disease. When launched , it will consist of a practical guide booklet and a video of survivors’ experiences. Touchpoint hopes to reduce the confusion and overwhelming emotions of a newly diagnosed patient and to assist medical professionals in their holistic approach to the patient with breast cancer. Touchpoint is meant to be the patient’s companion throughout breast cancer treatment. Dr Evelyn Ho has been part of the team assisting AstraZeneca’s efforts to produce useful and locally relevant patient support materials to ease one’s journey through breast cancer.
 

Johnson & Johnson Medical
Radiology Malaysia Editor just had to meet up with Rosa Ho from J & J Medical. Rosa has been working with Dr Evelyn Ho since 2001, and through the generous sponsorship from J & J as well as the tireless efforts put in by Rosa, many women have benefitted from subsidised value added mammograms and the general public has benefitted from the collaterals printed by the College of Radiology with grants from J & J. J & J sponsored the 1^st edition of the booklet The Art of Being Breast Aware.

NCR 2003 Report: Breast Cancer is still the top cancer amongst women

Latest statistics from
the National Cancer Registry (NCR) show
that lung cancer is the most common cancer experienced by men in the country, whilst
breast cancer is the top cancer in women. Lung cancer accounts for 13.8 per cent of cancer cases among men. For women, breast cancer accounts
for 31 per cent of cases.