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Cancer rates are rising among the young. Singapore healthcare system needs to address this
Rates of the disease are increasing among those under 40. Singapore’s healthcare system needs to be restructured for this new era of cancer care.
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In a young person, cancer is a fundamentally different life event, involving what it means to be a cancer survivor with your life ahead of you, says the writer.
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Wong Seng Weng
It is a conversation I now find myself having far more often than I did two decades ago.
Elaine (not her real name) sits across from me, her mother beside her. She is just 17 – bright, accomplished, thriving in her studies and co-curricular pursuits, with a future that, until recently, seemed wide open. Then comes the diagnosis: cancer.
