Specialist's precision strikes put dent in 'Cantonese cancer'

GUANGZHOU - Every year, about 5,000 people with potentially deadly head and neck cancer come to Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, the world's busiest medical facility treating the disease.

Ma Jun, a specialist in nasopharyngeal cancer who has worked at the hospital in Guangdong province for 34 years, says every patient has a heart-wrenching story.

"As a doctor, you never forget where you start. You want to help them live and help them live better," Ma said.