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Dr Edward Yang Tuck Loong
Senior Consultant Contact Details
6A Napier Road, Professional Education
MBBS (Singapore), |
Profile
Dr Yang Tuck Loong Edward is a Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Gleneagles Hospital. Dr Yang was previously the Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Centre. At the Singapore General Hospital, he was the Consultant Radiation Oncologist where he oversaw Urologic Oncology in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology. Dr Yang began a 3D conformal radiotherapy programme for prostate cancer in 1997. He was also appointed as Chairman of Quality Assurance in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the National Cancer Centre.
Dr Yang graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1981. He started his training in Radiotherapy in 1984. He was the senior registrar and clinical lecturer in Radiotherapy and Oncology in Middlesex Hospital and the Middlesex-University College Hospital Medical School from 1987 to 1988.
Dr Yang has special interests in the management of urologic, paediatric, breast and nasopharyngeal cancer. Dr Yang is a currently member of the Specialist Training Committee which oversees training in Radiation Oncology in Singapore.
Dr Yang has been with Gleneagles Radiation Oncology Centre since 2001.
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Dr Edward Yang - Video Profile
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Saved from losing sightNg Boon Lai almost went blind in one eye due to brain tumour. Today, her vision is completely restored. Madam Ng Boon Lai thought she was becoming short-sighted when the vision in her right eye became blur two years ago. The 40-year-old Malaysian thought it was a simple case of myopia and visited an optician the following day. |
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New tool to fight cancerIn May, a group of radiation oncologists attended a seminar where they learnt more about Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatment for cancers in various parts of the body including the neck, prostate and breasts. |
