Breast cancer is the no. 1 cancer among women in the world. In Singapore, 2,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
CONTINUE READINGAt a Continuing Medical Education (CME) talk, oncologists provided updates on the diagnosis and treatment of different kinds of leukaemia and lymphoma to doctors. Over the years, the diagnosis of blood cancers have improved so much that in some cases, a bone marrow examination may not be needed. And with new treatments such as monoclonal […]
CONTINUE READINGGenetic profiling gives more treatment options By testing for genetic mutations, doctors can provide better treatment for some types of breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. The ability to profile cancers (Next-Generation Sequencing) and a growing understanding of how these mutations relate to cancer allow doctors to treat breast cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer much […]
CONTINUE READINGA desire to cure people and understand more about cancers led Dr Richard Quek from Parkway Cancer Centre to focus on cancers like sarcoma, lymphoma and melanoma.
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