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White blood cells are removed, genetically modified to attack cancer cells and put back into patients, in a treatment that was recently approved in Singapore. (Photo: Novartis)
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SINGAPORE: A type of cell therapy for
cancer has been approved for use in Singapore, providing another treatment option for patients with certain types of advanced blood cancers which are not in remission despite having gone through other forms of treatment.
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Six changes you can make to help reduce your odds of getting the disease.
Cancer cases are on the rise in Singapore and our lifestyle choices may be to blame. Here are six changes you can make to help reduce your odds of getting the disease.
1. Get screened
Screening is one of the most important bulwarks against cancer. If detected in its initial stages, you’ll be able to receive treatment early, which will increase your chances of survival. “For instance, women should undertake screening for breast cancer regularly,” shares Dr Khoo Kei Siong, deputy medical director at Parkway Cancer Centre.
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What are PNETs?
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, or PNETs, are cancers that arise from the endocrine cells in the pancreas. PNETs gained a lot of attention after the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was diagnosed with the condition. Unlike the common type of pancreatic cancer known as adenocarcinoma, PNETs are rare. They account for less than 3% of all pancreatic tumors.
Arising from the endocrine cells in the pancreas, these cancers can be hormone secreting or non-hormone secreting. Some of these hormones are active or functional and they cause hormone-related symptoms while others are inactive or non-functional. The majority of PNETs are non-functional tumors. Non-functional PNETs generally show no symptoms in the early stage and by the time they are diagnosed, they are often in the advanced stage.