Cancer

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• What financial help is there for cancer patients in Hong Kong? Hospital Authority safety nets, government allowances and NGO subsidies on one page (2026)

  Financial help for cancer patients in Hong Kong is not one scheme but several layers: fee waivers and the Annual Spending Cap at public hospitals, the

  Last updated：2026-10-24

• Which cancers are most common in Hong Kong, and which kill the most? The 2023 incidence and mortality figures, side by side

  The HKCaR's Overview of Hong Kong Cancer Statistics of 2023 (August 2025) records 37,953 new cancer cases and 14,867 cancer deaths.

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• Lung cancer is Hong Kong's deadliest cancer. Why is it still first when the smoking rate is so low? The official figures, the risk factors and the screening advice

  The Centre for Health Protection's "Lung Cancer" page states that 3,935 people in Hong Kong died of lung cancer in 2024, 26.1% of cancer deaths, still

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• What is the link between liver cancer and hepatitis B? Who is eligible for the Hepatitis B Co-care Scheme, and at what point is liver cancer screening subsidised

  The Hong Kong Cancer Registry of the Hospital Authority records, in Liver Cancer in 2023 (document dated Aug 2025), liver cancer deaths registered in 2023

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• The prostate PSA test: Hong Kong's screening advice, the age thresholds used elsewhere, and the numbers on benefit and harm

  The CEWG's 2026 Hong Kong recommendation states that there is insufficient scientific evidence to recommend for or against population-based prostate

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• How common is pancreatic cancer in Hong Kong? The death trend, the survival rate, and how to read the screening advice

  The Hong Kong Cancer Registry's Overview of Hong Kong Cancer Statistics of 2023 (August 2025) states that pancreatic cancer caused 918 deaths in 2023,

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• What is the link between Helicobacter pylori and stomach cancer? Who needs testing, eradication and a re-test

  The 2023 Hong Kong consensus recommendations on Helicobacter pylori and the Department of Health's June 2024 stomach cancer prevention and screening

  Last updated：2026-09-13

• Nasopharyngeal cancer screening by EBV DNA: how to read a positive result, a negative result and the follow-up investigations

  In the CUHK team's 2017 study, 20,174 eligible, asymptomatic ethnically Chinese men underwent plasma EBV DNA screening;

  Last updated：2026-09-13