ABOUT US
The National Cancer Society of Malaysia, (NCSM), is the first non-profit cancer organization in Malaysia that provides education, care and support services for people affected by cancer and the general public.
Established in 1966, we are a tax-exempt charity body registered under the laws of the Malaysian Societies Act and Registrar of Societies Malaysia.
The Society was founded by the late Dato’ Dr S.K. Dharmalingam, Malaysia’s first oncologist, and was launched by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, the late YAB Tun Abdul Razak. NCSM is now under the distinguished patronage of His Royal Highness Sultan Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Sultan Nazrin Muizzudin Shah.
The Society is financed entirely by contributions and donations from the public.
We provide holistic cancer–related services to cancer patients, caregivers and the public through our six centres – Cancer and Health Screening Clinic, Nuclear Medicine Centre, Resource and Wellness Centre, Quit Smoking Clinic, Children’s Home of Hope and the Adults’ Home of Hope.
Our head office is in Kuala Lumpur and we have five other branches nationwide in Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Perak and Sarawak.
OUR PROGRAMMES
HEALTH EDUCATION
Health education and awareness programs in schools, communities and workplaces.
HEALTH LITERACY
Health-literacy and health skills microcredentialling programmes.
HEALTH PROMOTION
National and international health awareness and behaviour change programmes.
HEALTH POLICY
Advocacy and transformative social movements for health.
EDUCATE
CANCER & HEALTH SCREENING CLINICS
Subsidized cancer and health screening services.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE & DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
Subsidized nuclear medicine and diagnostic services.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT
Community Cancer and Outreach Screening Programmes.
PATIENT ACCESS PROGRAMME
Subsidised medicine and therapeutics.
CARE
RESOURCES & WELLNESS CENTRES
Wellness classes, rehabilitation services & support groups.
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Face-to-face and teleconsultation services for clinical psychology, counselling, play therapy and dietetics for patients and carers.
CANCER INFORMATION SERVICES HELPLINE
Toll-free multilingual helpline.
GUIDED PATIENT SUPPORT
(GPS)
Patient Navigation Services.
HOMES OF HOPE
(Adults & Children)
Transit homes for outstation patients being treated for cancer in nearby hospitals