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Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine

How to combat colorectal cancer

Published: 03 Aug 2017

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Although many colorectal cancer patients recover well, Dr Tan Ker Kan, Assistant Professor from NUS Medicine’s Department of Surgery, advised people to go for screening early, as reports have shown that early screening improves survival outcomes. Screening includes a faecal occult blood test, colonoscopy and CT colonography.

Colorectal cancer is the top cancer in Singapore, with 9,807 people diagnosed between 2011 and 2015, according to the latest Cancer Registry report. More than half were diagnosed in the late stages (stage three and four), and one in five was below the age of 55.

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