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Couples with colorectal cancer prompt study by Singapore team
Research to look at whether genetic or environmental factors are to blame, following discovery of such patients
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Madam Phang Yoke Fah and her husband Lie Tjoen-Jong, both colorectal cancer survivors, with Dr Tan Ker Kan (middle) of the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore. The couple said their brush with cancer underscores the importance of early detection.
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Married couple Phang Yoke Fah and Lie Tjoen-Jong have shared the same meals and exercise routines over the past five decades or so, and they now have something else in common - beating cancer.
Madam Phang, 69, and Mr Lie, 73, discovered they had early stage colorectal cancerwithin a year of each other. Thankfully, the couple have successfully battled the disease, but that is only half the story.
