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Brain cancer patient Zhang Chang Hua (left) seeking medical advice from Dr Daniel Chan, senior consultant at Icon Cancer Centre.
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SINGAPORE - Mr Zhang Chang Hua is 42 years old and works in regional customer service for a multinational company. He and his wife, a nurse, have two sons in secondary school. He also has brain cancer.
His cancer has been under control for the past year with a drug used off-label - meaning the drug has not been approved for this particular type of cancer. With this drug, his oncologist says he has many good years ahead of him.
