Cancer affects many people

One of my most memorable lecture during my medical school many years ago was this old Professor who said to us during one of our lectures "Look to your left, now to your right. Between the three of you, one of you will eventually die from heart attack, and another will die from cancer".

Yes, cancer is very common now. In Singapore, it has recently overtaken heart disease as the number one cause of death in the country. Almost one in 3 of us will eventually die from cancer.

But, if you are newly diagnosed with cancer, its not the end of the world. Most people can survive cancer for many years, with the right treatment. Cancer can be considered like a chronic disease (like diabetes, heart disease etc.) where you can live with the illness for many years.

I will share with you in future postings how to survive cancer.