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In 1967, Shanmugaratnam spearheaded the founding of the Singapore Cancer Registry (SCR) in the University of Singapore's department of pathology with the financial backing of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Singapore Cancer Society. [2] It was the first comprehensive, population-based cancer registry in Southeast Asia.
Established in 1964, Singapore Cancer Society is a self-funded voluntary welfare organisation which is dedicated to minimize the impact of cancer in Singapore through the provision of cancer treatment subsidies, financial and welfare aid to needy cancer patients, home hospice care services for terminally-ill cancer patients, as well as rehabilitation support programs for recovering cancer ...
[81] [82] One of three children, Tharman is the son of Emeritus Professor K. Shanmugaratnam, [82] a medical scientist known as the "father of pathology in Singapore", who founded the Singapore Cancer Registry and led a number of international organisations related to cancer research and pathology. [83] [84] [85]
Singapore Committee of the World Organisation for Early Children Education; Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises; Singapore Council of Women's Organisations; Singapore Dental Health Foundation; Singapore Disability Sports Council; Singapore General Hospital, Medical Social Service; Singapore Gujarati Society; Singapore Heart ...
Cancer treatment centres in Singapore are generally located in both public and private hospitals. These units and medical centres specialise in the treatment of cancer . [1] Raffles Hospital; Parkway East Hospital - Parkway Cancer Centre; Gleneagles Hospital - Parkway Cancer Centre [2] Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore General Hospital
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a USA-based program with state-based cancer registries that collect, analyze and report cancer cases and deaths to a central cancer registry. NPCR was established in 1992 and administered by the CDC.
Its breast cancer therapy Enhertu is made by its partner Daiichi Sankyo in Japan. Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said Singapore was a top global venue for investment with a reputation for ...
This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).