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“But I don’t smoke!” This is often the first reaction I hear when diagnosing a patient with lung cancer who has never smoked. As an oncologist, I’ve noticed increasing [...]

Good nutrition and fitness are essential for everyone’s health, more so for people undergoing cancer treatment. But how to maintain proper nutrition intake and activity level when one is [...]

Cancer treatment may involve the burden of side effects, the severity of which vary depending on the type and stage of cancer, the treatment received as well as individual’s responses to [...]

Hepatobiliary cancers refer to cancers that start from an organ of the hepatobiliary system. Since the hepatobiliary system consists of the liver, the gallbladder and the bile duct, hepatobiliary [...]

To many people in Singapore, skin cancer sounds like a problem exclusive to Caucasians. Statistics, however, show that it is not. Ranked as the 6th and 7th most common cancer among Singaporean [...]

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a rare but diverse type of cancer originating from neuroendocrine cells, which are found all over the body. Though relatively uncommon, the incidence of [...]

The term “palliative care” often brings to mind the image of a terminally ill cancer patient getting physical and emotional support during their final days. This was indeed what palliative care [...]

As a doctor, I know we have a long-held reputation for the way we communicate. From doctor’s handwriting to doctor’s jargon, we have perhaps made our patients scratch their heads on several [...]

After months of battling cancer and the gruelling side effects that come with the disease and its treatment, you are finally there. You were informed that you are in remission, which is to say [...]