Chemotherapy is a treatment for breast cancer using anti-cancer (also called cytotoxic) drugs. The aim is to stop cancer cells from continuing to divide uncontrollably.
Under normal circumstances, the cost of chemotherapy treatment can reach up to RM4,000 – RM6,000 per cycle, and patients require 4 – 8 cycles of treatment. Under the Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Welfare Fund programme, patients are required to pay about 10% of the charges. Beacon Hospital will subsidise the balance. This CSR programme is intended to support the patient’s chemotherapy treatment for pre-selected chemotherapy protocols.