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Cervical Cancer Screening |
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 08:15 |
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Cervical cancer remains the 6th most common cancer among Singapore women. The highest number of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) cases is in the 35-44 age group. The peak incidence of cervical cancer is in the 45-54 age group. On either sides of this spectrum, cases are far fewer. The 20-29 age group make up only 10% of all CIN3 while those above the age of 70 years makes up only 1.5%. |
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 07:41 |
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Breast cancer is still the most frequent cancer among Singaporean women. Approximately 6% of women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
From cancer statistics between the years of 1998 to 2002, breast cancer accounted for 28% of all cancers in women and 4.1% of all deaths among women.The incidence of breast cancer continues to rise at about 4% per annum and our local rates (60 per 100,000 per year) is just slightly less than two-thirds of those in the US.
What is truly of concern is that 40% of all cases diagnosed, are in women under the age of 50 years. |
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Advance Medical Directive: Signing The AMD |
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 08:07 |
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(Adapted from the Ministry Of Health, Singapore website)
The Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document that you can sign in advance to inform the doctor-in-charge, that you do not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life, in the event you become terminally ill and unconscious. The AMD act was passed in Parliament in May 1996 and the law in Singapore allows for any Singaporean above the age of 21 years to make an AMD.
At this point in time, making an AMD is a voluntary decision. There can be no compulsion for you to make one and you should certainly not sign one under duress. |
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Advance Medical Directive: Revoking The AMD |
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 08:22 |
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(adapted from Ministry Of Health website) An Advance Medical Directive (AMD) can be revoked at any time in the presence of at least one witness. The person making the revocation should do so by completing Form 3, which is the standard form for revocation of an AMD. (Those who have made an AMD will receive Form 3 together with Form 2, which confirms that their AMD has been registered by the Registry of AMDs) |
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Advance Medical Directive: What It Is All About? |
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 07:50 |
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With the advancement in medical sciences, and the introduction of new drugs and methods of treatment, it is now possible to extend the life of a terminally ill patient beyond what was once possible. In many instances, the patient can still make independent decisions. But what happens when they lose this ability? |
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