SINGAPORE - Singapore’s fight against cancer has received another boost, with $50 million in national grant funding awarded to two research teams aiming to better understand, diagnose and find precise treatments for two common cancers – lymphoma and colorectal cancer.
This was announced on May 24 at the National Cancer Centre Singapore , which is a key player in the two five-year research programmes. Lymphoma develops when white blood cells, called lymphocytes, grow out of control. It is not a single disease. Symphony 2.0 will build on its work “to address unmet needs in Asian-centric lymphomas and improve patient outcomes”, said the team. Its key projects include establishing a Lymphoma Atlas centralising patient data for research, and determining effective drug combinations for lymphoma patients in clinical trials using artificial intelligence .
Screening methods include a test to detect blood in the stools and colonoscopy, a procedure that uses a long, flexible tube to look inside the colon. This is the most effective method, as pre-cancerous polyps that are found during a screening colonoscopy can be removed. But the procedure has to be done under sedation, and comes with a much higher cost.
“As we understand this script, we will be able to have subtype specific research that will allow us to understand how cancers behave, how to diagnose them and how to treat them,” he said.
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