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Cancer causes one in every eight deaths around the world, the World Health Organisation says. Lifestyle changes can do a lot to prevent the disease. Learn more about cancer, its symptoms, and modern–day approaches to beating it, from experts and survivors.
‘Silent killer’: the race to beat cancer in Hong Kong
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‘Silent killer’: the race to beat cancer in Hong Kong

Despite a rising number of cancer cases in Hong Kong, survival rates are improving. Here is what you need to know.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Confronting cancer in Hong Kong

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Is Hong Kong winning the war on cancer or facing new battle in late diagnosis?

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong app offers ‘vital lifeline’ for 76,000 patients navigating cancer care

After helping thousands of patients, HKU’s SUPPORT+ is seeking fresh funding to help cancer patients manage their symptoms at home.

SUPPORT+ is a mobile app developed by Dr Wendy Chan and her team at the University of Hong Kong for cancer patients and their carers. Photo: Nathan Tsui
Wellness

He lost his wife to a rare brain cancer. Here’s how he keeps going

After losing his wife Charissa to a rare, aggressive brain cancer, Antoine d’Haussy celebrated her life by starting a fundraising campaign.

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Biomedicine: Companies

China’s Innovent Biologics signs US$10.5b Pfizer deal for 12 cancer drug trials

The agreement covers eight early-stage trials from Innovent and four discovery programmes from global giant Pfizer.

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Hong Kong science and tech

3 scientists win Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for developing therapy for rare leukaemia

Anne Dejean, Hugues de The and Chen Zhu share US$1.2 million life sciences and medicine prize for work on acute promyelocytic leukaemia.

Professor Emerita Anne Dejean, Professor Hugues de The and Professor Chen Zhu have won the life science and medicine award of the Shaw Prize. Photo: Shaw Prize Foundation
China’s private sector

Insilico, US partner to build AI models predicting disease decades ahead

Tie-up combines Hong Kong-listed Insilico Medicine’s algorithms with Human Longevity’s genomic data to advance personalised health research.

Science

Chinese scientists develop handheld cancer detection device

The new system is about 10,000 times more sensitive than traditional methods at detecting early-stage lung cancer.

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Art

The Hong Kong initiatives using art to improve physical and mental health

McColl innovatively combines baking and art, while the Hong Kong Cancer Fund has used art therapy to support patients and their families.

Workshops like Eleanor McColl’s Bake & Create can leave participants feeling calmer, lighter and even healed. Photo: Handout
Wellness

4 things you need to know about when and how often to get a mammogram

Breast cancer screening advice is conflicted and confusing, but new research and technology should help women find the ideal timing.

In the future, genetic tests should help narrow down ideal mammogram schedules, but until then how often should one get screened for breast cancer? Experts advise. Photo: Shutterstock
Wealth: Healthcare

Unlocking your genetic code: the potential health benefits of DNA sequencing

Genome sequencing analysis helps identify potential risks and facilitate ‘precision living’ to minimise those risks.

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Science

China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher for misconduct

Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.

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Medicine

Letters | Why lifestyle medicine belongs in Asia’s nasopharyngeal cancer conversation

Readers discuss a form of cancer endemic to East and Southeast Asia, the impact of the disruption to oil supply on Asian cities, and EU support for Ukraine.

People smoke traditional and e-cigarettes in Causeway Bay in January 2025. Smoking is one of the risk factors for nasopharyngeal cancer. Photo: Nora Tam
Trending in China

‘Love relay’: lonely China cancer patient orders ‘company’ via food delivery platform

Introverted young woman with rare condition whose father works far away to fund treatment opens up thanks to kindness of strangers.

A 24-year-old cancer patient in Guangdong went viral for ordering “companionship” via a food delivery app. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba doubles down on healthcare AI with new tool for early cancer detection

Damo Academy says its Coca AI model accurately identified five previously missed cases from scans of more than 27,000 people.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Second cancer shock for Hong Kong actress Kristal Tin. How does disease strike?

Tin says in a social media post cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after she was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer.

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Wellness

Hong Kong hairstylist’s cancer battle takes him on a crowdfunding campaign

Pitt Cheung and his brother Lego have so far raised thousands for nasopharyngeal cancer treatments not covered by Hong Kong’s public system.

An August 2025 post on nasopharyngeal cancer patient Pitt Cheung’s Instagram account shows him holding a placard bearing a blessing written in Mongolian. Photo: Instagram/pittcheung
Wellness

Are trends like ‘fibermaxxing’ and ‘proteinmaxxing’ actually healthy?

Experts say more is not always best when it comes to protein and fibre. Here’s some advice on balanced nutrition and gut health.

Wellness

‘A shell of myself’: colon cancer survivor who became viral fitness influencer

Bill Maeda, 57, is an unconventional fitness influencer who doesn’t count reps and has some clients exercise for just 10 minutes a day.

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Wellness

How a 70-year-old retired teacher defied osteoporosis to become a powerlifter

Hongkonger Anjali Hazari used to run marathons and climb mountains before major knee and abdominal surgeries. Now she has a new challenge.

Anjali Hazari, a former marathoner and mountaineer, trains at the Stanley Ho Sports Centre complex in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, ahead of her first powerlifting competition. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Wellness

His wife died from cancer. Now, he is running 2,200km to honour her memory

Today, Lim Shyang Guey starts a 90-day campaign to fulfil a dream he shared with his wife, Goh Joo Lee, running up to 35km a day.

Lim Shyang Guey, a Malaysian runner, at Victoria Park, in Hong Kong. Lim is preparing to run 2,200km around Peninsular Malaysia starting on March 28 in honour of his late wife, who passed away from cancer. Photo: Edmond So
Fame and celebrity

Meet Erich Bergen, who plays JFK Jr’s cousin Anthony Radziwill in Love Story

Bergen plays Prince Anthony Radziwill, who was married to Real Housewife Carole Radziwill – the actor has been open about his own cancer diagnosis and recovery.

United States

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dead at 43 after cancer battle

Radvinsky built a multibillion-dollar fortune as his adult content platform surged in popularity.

Science

Chinese scientists use E coli to fight breast tumours from within in mice study

The targeted cancer therapy using bacteria could be much less toxic than traditional treatments, research team says in paper.

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In a paper published on Wednesday, Chinese scientists say they engineered the E coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) probiotic strain to produce the anticancer agent Romidepsin for a drug delivery method. Image: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong cancer patient dies 3 weeks after incorrect opening in abdomen

Tseung Kwan O Hospital investigating death of 85-year-old patient with transverse colon cancer, who received stoma surgery on February 7.

Tseung Kwan O Hospital only disclosed the incident after media inquiries. Photo: Winson Wong
Science

Biomedicine | China AI boosts cancer screening, rare disease diagnosis

Artificial intelligence is among new technologies being used in China in patient-specific healthcare, known as personalised or precision medicine.

Wellness

Is magnetic heating technology a new weapon in the fight against cancer?

America’s Mayo Clinic is testing Israeli technology that targets solid tumours with fast-rising heat in a process it calls hyperthermia.

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