World Cancer Day
Once a year, the world comes together to celebrate the lives saved from cancer. This world wide initiative is led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) of which PJSC is a member of. Such a campaign is made possible through promoting early detection, providing comprehensive treatment that is accessible to all and robust campaigns that pushes everyone to be ever vigilant in the fight against cancer. Thus, World Cancer Day, celebrated every 4th of February every year aims to raise awareness, rally support, promote positive action and ultimately saving lives and avoiding preventable deaths.
As the nation’s cancer centre, The Brunei Cancer Centre (TBCC) of Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre (PJSC) works closely with other government and non-government organizations to fight cancer either towards providing the best of care and treatment for cancer patients or through early detection and cancer preventions activities and awareness campaigns.
Every year, PJSC organizes Campaigns around World Cancer Day and invites stakeholders across the government and non-government organizations to partake in shouldering the responsibility of tackling the cancer burden in Brunei.
CANCER BURDEN IN BRUNEI
Just like many countries around the world, Brunei Darussalam is also burdened with cancer where it affects the population of all ages. The number of cancer cases are seen to be increasing where it was recorded that 22.8% increase in cases in a five year period between the years of 2015-2019 when compared to 2010-2014.
At then moment, the life time risk of cancer for women is 29% and the life time risk of cancer for men is 27% or in other words 1 in 3 women are at risk of having cancer while 1 in 4 males are at risk to have cancer. The most common cancers among men are Bowel, Prostate and Lung cancer while for women they are Breast, Bowel and Uterine cancers. It is estimated that over 1000 new cases are seen every year.
World Cancer Day 2024
World Cancer Day 2024
Brunei and the rest of the world celebrates World Cancer Day 2024 together with @uicc_official
As a member of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre organized World Cancer Day “Unite Against Cancer” Walk event at the Open Plaza, Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex.
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World Cancer Day 2023
Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre together with 250 partners and stakeholders made a historical effort today by forming the largest purple human ribbon during World Cancer Day Weekend at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien.
The forming of the ribbon was joined by our Guest of Honour, Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Dr Awg Haji Mohd Amin Liew Bin Abdullah, Minister of Finance and Economy II and Chairman of PJSC Board of Director, Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health and Deputy Chairman of PJSC Board of Director, Cabinet Ministers, stakeholders, guests, cancer patients/survivors and participants were all gathered to form the symbolic purple ribbon to mark the spirit and essence of the fight against cancer.
The formation symbolizes a unified collective effort where all voices are heard and actions are made under a singular initiative of World Cancer Day. The formation of the human ribbon is the first and the largest of its kind in Brunei Darussalam.
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World Cancer Day 2022
On 4th February, Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre (PJSC) joined other countries around the world in commemorating World Cancer Day. The World Cancer Day Commemoration Event was held internally in a small event attended by doctors and staffs from The Brunei Cancer Centre (TBCC), invited event sponsors, partners, vendors as well as cancer survivors. Present to officiate the event was Dr Haji Mazrul Adimin Bin Haji Awang Besar, Executive Director of PJSC. “Today is a day of celebration and reflections for those who have survived, a day of appreciation for the resilience and courage of those diagnosed with cancer, and a gathering of support for families and carers and a day of recognition for those dedicated to treating and caring for these patients” said Dr Haji Mazrul in his speech.
A Graffiti Art Mural, painted by Guerilla Artchitects and cancer survivors, was unveiled during the event. The mural featured a graffiti art based on interpretation of World Cancer Day by which in essence, carries the voice of cancer survivors of their journey and aspirations. Paintings from AfiyART programme, a 3 weeks art painting programme organized for cancer survivors, was also showcased. Additionally, there were educational exhibition at TBCC giving facts about cancer to liven up the event.
A special thanks to PJSC World Cancer Day 2022 Event Sponsor namely, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam bibdbrunei, Pfizer Sdn Bhd, Medipharm Sdn Bhd, D’Sunlit Sdn Bhd @dsunlit, Massutera Engineering Sdn Bhd and Suci @suciwaterbn. PJSC would like to thank Progresif Sdn Bhd @thatsprogresif, Rainforest Gallery @rainforestgallery and Guerrilla Artchitects @guerrilla_artchitects as our World Cancer Day 2022 Event Partners. This year, PJSC is also collaborating with Social Media Collaborator on WCD 21 Day To Impact Challenge, namely @ninjatutul, @mylifeaspat, @lipstickmyname, @nina.juna and @hafeezah_mahadi.
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World Cancer Day 2021
Today PJSC celebrates the commemoration of World Cancer Day 2021 at PJSC Lobby which is celebrated every year on the 4th February.The event began with a welcoming remarks by Dr Haji Mazrul Adimin bin Haji Awang Besar, Executive Director of PJSC. Certificates of appreciation were then presented to the students of Expression Music Academy @expressionmusicbn by Wu Chun (@neinei.1010) PJSC’s Goodwill Ambassador and Messenger of Cancer Awareness.
During the launching event, a performance by Expression Music Academy included Cello and Violin ensemble and a guitar duet, followed by nurses of The Brunei Cancer Centre (TBCC) who showcased a musical and choir performance to express support to all cancer fighters and survivors through music and songs. This year is a reminder of that enduring power of cooperation and collective actions. TBCC is on a mission to help the country and its people in reducing the cancer burden and to educate the public on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We believe that it is in our best interest to help our nation in providing better information on cancer, its risks and how we can minimise our chances of affliction. At the end of the day, prevention is always better than a cure.
World Cancer Day 2020
PJSC On Friday 27th November hosted a one-day event to mark Men’s Health Month. The day began with an interactive session titled ‘More than just a Moustache…Let’s Share’ with panellists made up of Wu Chun (Goodwill Ambassador and Messenger of Cancer Awareness), Dr Haji Jamsari Khalid (Head of Radiation Oncology), Dato SLJ Dr Babu Sukumaran (Director of TBCC) & prostate cancer survivor Lim Siew Yong.
Dr Hj Mazrul Adimin Hj Awang Besar, Executive Director of PJSC, gave the opening remarks where he highlights that the goal of Movember is to revamp the face of men’s health by enhancing awareness, which could lead to early detection, diagnosis & effective treatment plans which could ultimately reduce the number of preventable deaths.
Participants from corporate organisations and the public attended the event, which aimed at promoting awareness on early cancer detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer, testicular cancer and colorectal cancer – the most common cancers among men in Brunei Darussalam. The event continued in the afternoon with “Cakap-Cakap: Let’s talk about men’s health.