Healthnews

The Positive Fighter


Mary Loh felt something was not right two years ago. She was unusually tired and listless, losing weight and did not have much of an appetite. Read more >>

Bouquets

Dear Shu Xin,

My family and I would like to thank you for what you have done for our father before and after his passing. Thank you so much for your graciousness and compassion...

Playing the odds


Oncologists are like bookies, I would tell my patients during prognosis. "We study the natural history of different cancers, understand the odds and what is likely to happen if we were to treat, not to treat, or to modify the treatment programmes." Read more >>

PCC's new care unit

The Parkway Cancer Centre (PCC) has set up a palliative care unit, the first private hospital in Singapore to do so.

Dr Kok Jaan Yang, who heads PCC's palliative care service, said that this allowed patients who have been diagnosed with terminal cancer to have continuity with Parkway. "The primary medical oncologist who has been treating the patient will be involved all the way to the end. Continuity reduces stress and anxiety for patients," he said.

PCC's 2nd anniversary


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Total care

'Multi-disciplinary care is a good approach for complex diseases such as cancer. Treating cancer is a complex affair which often requires input from different cancer specialists. It can be confusing for the patient if the evaluation and consultation process is not streamlined. I have worked with PCC since its inception...

The Power of One

Every few weeks, I seem to be involved in getting someone's kidney removed. No, I'm not involved in organ trading. These are kidneys that no one wants. They are diseased as they have been attacked by cancer cells.

'I am a vessel to help others'


I was on the way home from work one evening when I received a call. It was the mother of a teenager whom I'd been caring for more than eight months. Read more >>

New will to live


He was a teetotaler, ate healthily, exercised diligently and never smoked a cigarette in his life. So when Mr Kor Liong Sing was diagnosed with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) or nose cancer, and given a 50 per cent chance of surviving two years ago, he was stunned with disbelief. Read more >>

As part of the holistic approach towards cancer treatment, Parkway Cancer Centre provides counseling and resource information through CanHOPE. CanHOPE is a non-profit service from which patients and the general public can receive accurate cancer information, related screening services and treatments via a telephone hotline and through email. CanHOPE also conducts face-to-face counselling and patient support group meetings to provide emotional and psychosocial support to all patients and their families.
For further enquiries, please contact CanHOPE at:

Tel: (65) 6738 9333
Email: canhope@parkway.sg
www.CanHOPE.com.sg