A total of 294 deaths due to cancer were reported while 682 new cancer cases detected, according to statistics obtained from the Brunei Darussalam Cancer Registry (BDCR) for 2021.
The common types of cancer in the Sultanate for men remain the same as last year, which are colorectal cancer (64 cases), prostate cancer (35 cases) and lung cancer (26 cases). For women, the most common are breast cancer (104 cases), colorectal cancer (53 cases), uterus cancer (38 cases) and ovarian cancer (33 cases).
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar shared the number of cancer cases in his message for World Cancer Day celebration today.
More details on Weekend’s Borneo Bulletin
