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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Nearly 20 percent rise in Indian patients at Singapore cancer centre in 2025

Kolkata: A Singapore-based cancer treatment centre has seen a nearly 20 per cent rise in the number of patients from India in 2025, with a majority of them seeking care at an advanced stage of the disease when fewer curative options are left.

Dr Ang Peng Tiam, the medical director and senior consultant medical oncologist at the Parkway Cancer Centre, said many patients travel abroad after exhausting available treatment options in India.

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