The Medical Department of Sabah, in collaboration with various governmental and non‐governmental agencies and ‘Surgeons International’ conducted a state‐wide campaign for the ‘Early Detection of Cancer’ over a period of 3 months from July 1992. The purpose of the campaign was to educate the population about the early signs and symptoms of common cancers, to remove the myth that cancer was incurable and to impress on the public the need to detect cancer early for a possible cure and a bette