Introduction When Aurelia (alias) received the results of her CT scan on a November morning in Seremban, Malaysia, she had hoped for clarity. Instead, she was handed a treatment plan involving arterial chemotherapy injections targeting her liver — and a quiet, persistent feeling that something wasn't right. Aurelia is a 64-year-old woman — a non-smoker, health-conscious, and, until recently, someone with no significant medical history beyond a fibroid removal decades earlier