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Hong Kong cancer therapy

Hong Kong cancer therapy
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Hong Kong cancer therapy. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

How can retirees beat rising healthcare costs in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has long relied on both public and private hospitals and clinics, but medical inflation is pricing out elderly patients.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong drives trials for breast cancer, eye treatments across Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

How early screening saved Hong Kong woman from her family’s liver cancer fate

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Health Matters

Our health defines our lives. In this Health Matters series, we investigate major health concerns affecting Hong Kong and wellness trends emerging in the city and beyond.

An elderly man hangs upside down on a horizontal bar during his morning exercise in Fanling, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee
Disease

Can you get cancer? Hong Kong doctors say it takes more than 1 mistake

Although about 90 per cent of cancers are sporadic and can affect anyone regardless of genetics, experts say small, sustained lifestyle changes can still significantly reduce risk.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Why are breast cancer cases surging among younger Hong Kong women?

Breast cancer is the driving force behind women’s cancer cases surpassing men’s in the city since 2020, with lifestyle changes a possible key factor.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Targeted therapy could turn advanced lung cancer into chronic illness: CUHK study

Clinical trial finds 55 per cent of patients on lorlatinib experience no disease progression for at least seven years.

The study followed 296 previously untreated patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Confronting cancer in Hong Kong

As cancer is the leading cause of death in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post’s Health Matters wellness series explores how well the city has tackled the disease while offering residents practical advice on prevention, detection and management.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Why are so many more people in Hong Kong getting cancer?

While advanced therapies have nearly halved cancer death rate, low screening rates and late detection hold the city back.

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
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
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.

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.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Patients given more hope as study finds best time for lung cancer treatment

‘Highly encouraging’ results uncovered after immunochemotherapy administered at different times in two groups of patients.

Lung cancer is the most common and deadliest cancer in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images
Wellness

What is cancer ‘prehab’? How patients are getting a head start in recovery

On World Cancer Day on February 4, we look at how cancer prehabilitation helps patients recover more quickly and better handle treatment.

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Breast cancer survivor Christine Cosby explains how she built upper-body strength during prehabilitation before cancer treatment. Prehab empowers cancer patients with exercise, nutrition, and mental support, enhancing recovery and survival rates. Photo: YouTube/AACRNews
Wellness

Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s CheckMate scheme wants men to ‘check them’ and talk

The initiative launched this Movember promotes pre-emptive checks for and dialogue about male-specific cancers affecting thousands each year.

China’s private sector

Fosun brings UK particle therapy to mainland China in advanced cancer care push

The US Food and Drug Administration-approved Marie system promises human-centred care, advanced technology and lower costs.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong pioneers world-first clinical trial for breast cancer procedure

Clinical trial integrates lipofilling surgical practices with breast conservation, offering patients solution for better post-op well-being.

Breast cancer was the most common form of cancer among women in Hong Kong in 2022, according to the Centre for Health Protection. Photo: Getty Images
Greater Bay Area

BeOne Medicines to expand cancer-drug offerings in Hong Kong

Fresh off a profitable half year, a global drug company that started as an R&D firm in Beijing plans to expand production in Guangzhou.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s CUHK eyes wider use of ‘painless’ liver cancer care after 96% success

Patient benefiting from histotripsy machine donated by Li Ka-shing says non-invasive treatment similar to ‘taking nap’.

Biomedicine: Companies

Hong Kong MRI maker Time Medical seeks site to boost output, eyes IPO

Aiming to grow sales to US$300 million in 2027, the company is eyeing a Nasdaq IPO and then a Hong Kong secondary listing.

Ma Qiyuan, Time Medical Systems co-founder and chairman, pictured with one of the company’s scanners in its facility in Tai Po on October 6, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Health & Fitness

Li Ka-shing-backed focused ultrasound therapy treats 1 millionth case

The therapy, which uses ultrasound energy to treat a number of diseases including cancer, is gaining global traction, a US expert says.

Minnesota-based HistoSonics makes focused ultrasound machines for treating liver tumours. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Breast cancer at 30, Hong Kong artist then met husband, became mum

May Yeung froze her eggs before undergoing radiotherapy, met her husband during successful treatment, and later gave birth to their son.

Wellness

8 Pink October events in Hong Kong for breast cancer awareness and funds

Events this year include the annual Pink Walk from The Peak, an art jam that comes with a breast exam, wellness workshops and Dress Pink Day.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Spread risk higher in young or advanced breast cancer cases: Hong Kong study

Breast Cancer Foundation urges regular screenings as study of 4,230 patients finds higher recurrence in women under 40 or with advanced diagnoses.

The Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation has called for regular screenings after a study found a higher risk of recurrence among those diagnosed at a younger age or more advanced stage. Photo: Elizabeth Cheung
Wellness

‘Never give up’: Hong Kong 9-year-old battles cancer with positivity

Whether posting videos online or designing inspiring toys with help from Make-A-Wish Hong Kong, Sophie Chan turns negative into positive.

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Sophie Chan, nine, holds a Corny Ketchy, a plush toy she designed with the help of children’s charity Make-A-Wish Hong Kong, and is distributing to inspire children to “never give up”. Photo: Edmond So
Wellness

Rare cancer then divorce: entrepreneur’s amazing recovery from rock bottom

A rare bone cancer and his marriage’s end left Douglas Bray in despair. Now, he competes in some of Hong Kong’s toughest fitness events.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Lifestyle fixes can curb doubling of liver cancer cases by 2050: Hong Kong experts

Lancet Commission study also says measures such as raising alcohol prices and calorie labelling can reverse projected number of cases.

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