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New cancer centre opens
Feb 8, 2010
By Joan Chew
SINGAPORE'S cancer population is set to grow at an alarming rate. Back in 1997, there were 7,000 new cancer patients. A decade later, the number rose to 9,000. By 2015, there will be an expected 13,000 new cancer patients.
Singapore's newest cancer centre - the National University Cancer Institute (NCIS) - will help to cater to this growing number of cancer patients, said Professor John Wong, Director of NCIS, at a media briefing on Monday.
Presently, the National Cancer Centre is the only institute which handles about 70 per cent of the cancer population, said a spokesman.
In contrast, NCIS sees about a quarter of the cancer population, but expects to have a seven per cent increase in patient load by 2015. NCIS will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. It was renamed from The Cancer Institute in 2008.
Besides catering to adult and child patients 'in one facility, under one holistic programme,' Prof Wong added that the Institute, located at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will focus on cancer research and education. He said: 'NCIS aims to be a leading comprehensive cancer centre dedicated to the prevention, management and cure of cancer.'
NCIS scientists will be conducting translational clinical research in collaboration with institutions like the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, NUS as well as the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star).
Feb 8, 2010
By Joan Chew
SINGAPORE'S cancer population is set to grow at an alarming rate. Back in 1997, there were 7,000 new cancer patients. A decade later, the number rose to 9,000. By 2015, there will be an expected 13,000 new cancer patients.
Singapore's newest cancer centre - the National University Cancer Institute (NCIS) - will help to cater to this growing number of cancer patients, said Professor John Wong, Director of NCIS, at a media briefing on Monday.
Presently, the National Cancer Centre is the only institute which handles about 70 per cent of the cancer population, said a spokesman.
In contrast, NCIS sees about a quarter of the cancer population, but expects to have a seven per cent increase in patient load by 2015. NCIS will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. It was renamed from The Cancer Institute in 2008.
Besides catering to adult and child patients 'in one facility, under one holistic programme,' Prof Wong added that the Institute, located at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will focus on cancer research and education. He said: 'NCIS aims to be a leading comprehensive cancer centre dedicated to the prevention, management and cure of cancer.'
NCIS scientists will be conducting translational clinical research in collaboration with institutions like the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, NUS as well as the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star).
