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When liver cancer kills
The problem - in the case of liver cancer - is that the tumour often grows unnoticed in the liver until it is fairly large.
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Cryosurgery was her only hope
Madam Chin's problems started with a fingernail-size tumour in her cheek 36 years ago.
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Freeze-and-cut way to remove bone tumours
Cryosurgery gives new hope to bone cancer patients and cuts recurrence rate.
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Cervical cancer stigma
Because cervical cancer is caused by a virus transmitted through sexual activity, there is a stigma in seeking help to prevent it.
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Over 40? Get a mammogram today
Why would a highly intelligent person harbour a large breast cancer - to the point flesh rots - and refuse to see a doctor?
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Women and the so-called men's cancers
Increasingly, women are becoming prone to lung cancer, lymphoma, colorectal and stomach cancer - just like men.
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She sacrificed her life for her unborn child
Mrs S, a 35-year-old woman in her second pregnancy, was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was four months pregnant.
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Banking on kids' cord blood
Call it biological insurance - about 24,000 parents now keeping their newborn?s cord blood to treat future illnesses.
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Things you should know about cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide among women over the age of 15.
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Protect yourself against cervical cancer
Two vaccines have been approved to protect against the HPV, which causes cervical cancer and genital warts, but the take-up rate is low.
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Still smiling after throat, cervical and nose cancer
Could you survive on just coffee, water, watered-down milk and sweets? A 62-year-old woman had to do so for the past 17 years.
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More people here getting cancer - and dying of it
About 9,000 people in Singapore are told each year that they have the disease, with colon or colorectal cancer the most common.
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Rare cancer hits two women in Singapore
Only 20 cases were medically recorded worldwide.
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When the big C strikes
Being diagnosed with cancer brings tears and fear but one has to get over it. A doctor prepares a guide on what to do.
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Myths delay early breast cancer detection, treatment
Four in 10 women believe those with larger breasts have higher risk of breast cancer.
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She felt no lump but there was a tumour
Each year in Singapore, 1,100 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 270 will die from it.
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Some cancers up divorce risk
These include cancers of the testicles and cervix.
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Knee arthritis may be sign of early lung cancer
You smoke and you have unexplained athritis in just one knee? A chest x-ray may be in order.
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