Shyness, being uninitiated among reasons for not undergoing breast, prostate cancer screening
Published on: Sunday, June 26, 2022
By: Bernama
REMBAU: Shyness and being uninitiated are among the factors for many individuals not to undergo health screening to detect breast and prostate cancer, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said that based on the observations by the Ministry of Health (MOH), there was a tendency for the public to go to the clinic only when they fell sick and this attitude needed to change.
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“When explained that certain parts of the body needed to be touched for health screening, they disallowed it, especially the elderly while we know that breast and prostate cancer cases in are among the highest in Malaysia.
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