Cancer is a sickness that does not discriminate. It does not care about the body in which it calls home. It only cares about satisfying its greed and satisfying its need to multiply. It is merciless in its mission to take over its host completely until the host no longer exists.

Cancer. It is a dreaded word that many consider a death sentence.

There are 210 types of diseases classified under the umbrella name of cancer. Cancer strikes 11 million adults and children every year throughout the world and six million die from it annually. Closer to home, 45,000 Malaysians are told every year that they have cancer. In Malaysia, cancer is the second leading cause of death after heart disease.

The statistics are frightening and the odds of surviving cancer are one in four. Is it any wonder that people with cancer find it difficult to face this dreaded disease bravely?