New methods to detecting colorectal cancer

New methods to detecting colorectal cancer

With colorectal cancer increasing, more reliable options than endoscopy are being explored. BY: Eleanor Yap   Colorectal cancer (also know as colon cancer, rectal cancer, bowel cancer or colorectal adenocarcinoma) is the number one cancer in Singapore with close...
Prominent business leaders raise funds

Prominent business leaders raise funds

Fortis Colorectal Hospital ropes in five business leaders to raise funds and bring awareness to colorectal cancer.     In conjunction with Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2013, Fortis Colorectal Hospital (FCH), enlisted the help of five prominent business...
Early detection can save a life

Early detection can save a life

The Singapore Cancer Society is organising the 12th Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March and it encourages those 50 years and above to take advantage of the free FOBT kits.   Seventy-one-year-old Robert Hoo did his first FOBT (Faecal Occult Blood Test)...
Rising colorectal cancer cases

Rising colorectal cancer cases

Colorectal cancer is increasing in Singapore in both men and women. Early detection remains essential.   BY: Eleanor Yap   Colorectal cancer cases in Singapore are on a rise and Singaporeans are urged to do their annual screening. Colorectal cancer is the...
Surviving colorectal cancer

Surviving colorectal cancer

There is much that Lim Siew Eng is thankful for and shares not to take good health for granted. BY: Eleanor Yap   Lim Siew Eng, 57, a preacher for a Christian organisation, has much to be thankful for. Without her sister collecting an FOBT (Faecal Occult Blood...
Colorectal cancer remains one of top cancers

Colorectal cancer remains one of top cancers

An FOBT, a preliminary screening test for colorectal cancer, can help reduce mortality rates.   Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) is targeting to screen 35,000 members of the public in its year-long Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign (CCAM 2011), which started March 1,...

Understanding colorectal and rectal cancer

A doctor explains what colon and rectal cancer through a conversation with two fictional patients but based on real-life experiences. BY: Dr Denis Nyam  Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in Singapore and it affects men and women with nearly equal frequency....