Our People

LAU Kah Weng

Contact Information

Email

patlkw@nus.edu.sg

Telephone

+65 6772 6626

Research Themes

  • LUNG CANCER
  • BREAST CANCER
  • AI PATHOLOGY

 

Lau Kah Weng

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NUS
CONSULTANT, NUH
ADJUNCT RESEARCH CLINICIAN, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Biomarkers in lung and breast cancers
  • AI-enhanced diagnostics

BIOGRAPHY

Kah Weng completed his undergraduate medical training at National University of Singapore, with an intercalated doctorate from University of Oxford. For his PhD study, he worked under Sir Peter Ratcliffe, studying pathways regulated by the von-Hippel Lindau tumour suppressor protein and hypoxia inducible factor.

He subsequently went on to pursue his specialist training in histopathology at Singapore General Hospital and obtained his fellowships from the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) and Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. His subspecialties of interest are lung and breast pathology.

Recent Publications

Matrisomal genes in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck influence tumor cell motility and response to cetuximab treatment. Goh KY, et al. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2022 Apr;42(4):355-359.

Intratumoral CD39+CD8+ T Cells Predict Response to Programmed Cell Death Protein-1 or Programmed Death Ligand-1 Blockade in Patients With NSCLC. Yeong J, et al. J Thorac Oncol. 2021 Aug;16(8):1349-1358.

Expanded molecular interrogation for potential actionable targets in non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Lau KW, et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Sep;5(18):372.

Incidental Multiple Pulmonary Nodules in a Middle-Aged Woman. Ken CH Lee, et al. Ann Acad Med Singapore. February 2017,
46 (2):79-80.

The curious incident of 3 melanomas and their possible origins - A case report and review of literature. Sin EI, et al. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2016 Apr 13;23:77-81.

Ciliated muconodular papillary tumor: a solitary peripheral lung nodule in a teenage girl. Lau KW, et al. Hum Pathol. 2016 Mar;49:22-6.

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