Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS)

The Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS) was first established in 1976 by senior clinicians from various disciplines namely haematology and gynaecology, with interest in cancer care. As there were only a handful of clinical oncologists then, the MOS president was a haematologist, and later a gynaecologist at some point. The society went into a hiatus in the mid 1980’s as there were very few oncologists to sustain the society. The 1990’s saw the return of a number of government-sponsored clinical oncologists to the country and with it the revival of the MOS to see to their continued education needs and up to speed with the latest development in the oncology sphere. The main mission of the MOS was to be a platform to organise meetings to update clinicians and other specialists alike regarding cancer and to practice evidence-based medicine. To this end, the “revived” MOS organized its Annual Scientific Meeting in 1996 in Hotel Vistana, Kuala Lumpur. Since then, the highlight of the society was the annual scientific meeting.