Current statistics have shown that breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in Thailand; it has therefore resulted in an ever increas- ing number of patients who need treatment in the form of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As a result of these figures, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in conjunction with the Thai Red Cross Society developed a plan to build a Centre for Breast Cancer, which in the words of Her Majesty The Queen should be "a sanctuary for women in need.”