KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in Malaysia, increasing from 10.5 per cent in 2021 to 12.6 per cent in 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) 2023 report.

SHAH ALAM, March 13 — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, should be taken three times in a lifetime, in sequence within a year, to contain the third major cancer faced by women in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Female adolescents aged 13 and 14 years who have yet to be given the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer will be vaccinated through the school health service next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.