Cancer mortality rate higher than US, South Korea and Japan /u/Celimum Singapore

https://www.sgh.com.sg/news/patient-care/more-cancer-patients-in-singapore-die-compared-with-us-south-korea-paper#:~:text=A%20paper%20published%20by%20the,Korea%20and%2041%20in%20Japan.

This should be a major topic next GE.

“The paper suggests that countries with higher cancer mortality rates are the ones with lower use of next-generation sequencing (NGS), a test that identifies biomarkers in cancers that can be targeted with specific treatments, resulting in better outcomes.”

“The 74-page paper said there are no guidelines on the use of NGS in Singapore, that reimbursement is insufficient, and that there is low familiarity among surgeons and oncologists, with knowledge limited to centres of excellence such as the NCCS and the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS).”

https://www.sgh.com.sg/news/patient-care/more-cancer-patients-in-singapore-die-compared-with-us-south-korea-paper#:~:text=A%20paper%20published%20by%20the,Korea%20and%2041%20in%20Japan.

This should be a major topic next GE.

“The paper suggests that countries with higher cancer mortality rates are the ones with lower use of next-generation sequencing (NGS), a test that identifies biomarkers in cancers that can be targeted with specific treatments, resulting in better outcomes.”

“The 74-page paper said there are no guidelines on the use of NGS in Singapore, that reimbursement is insufficient, and that there is low familiarity among surgeons and oncologists, with knowledge limited to centres of excellence such as the NCCS and the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS).”