HealthNEWS January 2012
A pioneering idea that worked
Five years ago, Parkway Cancer Centre forged ahead in the firm belief that a multi-disciplinary approach to cancer treatment would give patients better care
In 2006, Parkway Cancer Centre (PCC) was set up with a pioneering approach towards cancer treatment. In the firm belief that cancer patients would get better care if they were treated by a team of surgical, radiation and medical oncologists working together, it started clinical services based on a multi-disciplinary approach – a first of its kind in Singapore.
Listen to your body
Cancer survivor Ooi Soo Nee offers a simple way to stay healthy
Be attentive to the changes in your body. If in doubt, check with a doctor.
Top 3 gynaecological cancers
Dr See Hui Ti, Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, Parkway Cancer Centre, tells us more about these women-only cancers
Gynaecological cancers are cancers that affect only women. They start in the female reproductive system, namely in the cervix or neck of the womb (cervical cancer), ovaries (ovarian cancer), lining of the womb (uterine or endometrial cancer), and in rare cases, in the vulva (vulvar cancer) or vaginal tissue (vagina cancer).
Healed by TEAMWORK
It took the efforts of several doctors, working in unison, to save a patient from the cancer threatening her life
My patient was bleeding to death as I struggled with a decision – her leg or her life?
