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                MESSAGE FROM THE                            BREAST CANCER RESEARCH: BRIDGING
           3    DEPUTY DEAN                          20     LABS, CLINICS AND COMMUNITY



           4    OUR PEOPLE, OUR STORY                23     RESEARCH IMPACT ON COMMUNITY
                                                            PILOT PROJECT ROSE – REMOVING
                PROFESSOR DR YVONNE LIM AI LIAN:
                DEBUNKING THE MYTH ABOUT GUT                OBSTACLES IN CERVICAL SCREENING
                WORMS BY UNLOCKING THE SECRETS
                OF GUT MICROBIOTA                           INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                     26     FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY TO
           7    PROFESSOR DR FONG MUN YIK: THE              NANOTHERAPEUTICS: IMPROVING
                INTRIGUING MALARIA PARASITE
                PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI: MONKEY,                ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
                MAN, ‘SPY’ & DOUBLE IDENTITY
                                                     29     SCIENCE CAFE
          10    CONNECT THE WORLD                           A FOCUS ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
                ARE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND
                                                            DRUGS, NANOMATERIALS AND VENOMS
                AMBULATORY PATIENTS IN MALAYSIA             PATIENT-CENTRED CARE: EARLY AND LATE
                READY FOR ADVANCE CARE PLANNING?            CANCER SURVIVORSHIP


          12    RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT                   33     READ TIP
                                                            RESEARCH ON RISK AND PROTECTIVE
                THE ABC’S OF UROLOGICAL
                                                            FACTORS AFFECTING ADOLESCENTS’
                CANCER RESEARCH                             SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN
                                                            SABAH AND SARAWAK
          15    WHEN A CURE IS NOT ENOUGH:                  AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
                ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN TREATING
                CHILDHOOD CANCER                     34


          17    PATIENTS’ NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN        35     UPCOMING EVENTS
                CANCER CARE

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