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Cancer Care Information for Patients & Caregivers in Singapore

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晚期癌症患者的疼痛管理
晚期癌症患者及其家属常常担心会遭受难以忍受的疼痛。许多人害怕癌症疼痛会变得难以承受，尤其是在生命的最后几天。因此，许多人可能会惊讶地发现，相当一部分临终癌症患者并没有严重的疼痛问题。此外，随着疼痛治疗手段的进步，绝大多数癌症患者都能得到充分的疼痛缓解——事实上，只要接受适当的疼痛治疗，没有癌症患者需要在痛苦中离世。
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When Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer: Causes and Symptoms
Lung cancer can occur in non-smokers. The population trend in lung cancer is changing and this is increasingly recognized worldwide.   In Asia, up to a third of lung cancer patients diagnosed are never smokers while the figures in West are lower.  Intriguingly, there are differences between gender too.  In one of the studies reported, approximately 15% of men compared with 60 to 80 percent of women with lung cancer were never-smokers!
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癌症风险与BRCA基因——未来有时是可以预见的
在新加坡OncoCare癌症中心，我们经常看到许多患者带着家属前来，家属们不仅为患者提供支持，还常常参与关于患者治疗方案的讨论。家属们经常会问（或者只是在心里想）：亲属患癌会对他们自己患癌的风险产生什么影响？
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Colon Cancer
As part of the digestive tract, the large intestine consists of the caecum (or cecum), ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and the rectum. Colorectal cancer refers to a cancer arising from these parts of the large intestine. The anatomy of the large intestine is shown in the picture provided.
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The Tumour has Spread to the Brain…
What is the most common brain tumour in adults? It is actually metastatic brain tumour; estimated to be about 200,000 cases in the United States annually. The term for cancer spreading to the brain tissue is brain metastasis or brain secondaries. It is a serious condition presenting as a major hurdle for patients with cancer. It can occur when there is good control of the cancer in other parts of the body. This presents a frustrating problem for the patient and doctor looking after them. There is a general observation of an increase in brain metastases in recent years. Several possible reasons include improved systemic therapy (better chemotherapy and medication control of disease outside of the brain), better survival of patients and improved imaging and detection.
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卵巢癌的预防：BRCA基因突变携带者的卵巢癌预防性手术
安吉丽娜·朱莉女士在《纽约时报》上谈到了她于2015年3月决定接受卵巢癌预防性手术一事。众所周知，她携带BRCA1基因的遗传突变，这增加了她患卵巢癌和乳腺癌的风险。此外，BRCA1突变携带者通常会患上的乳腺癌类型是三阴性乳腺癌（TNBC），这种癌症往往更具侵袭性。
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