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S’pore oncologist gets US award for 2nd time

“A CANCER researcher here has found that doctors working to combat a major cancer-causing gene could be knocking on the wrong doors, and should focus their attention elsewhere.
For his landmark work in the field, he was awarded a Merit Award for the second time from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Speaking of his work, he said: ‘The ultimate goal has always been to find a treatment for cancer. Findings suggest that there are other things out there that doctors should look at.’

Over the past two years, he studied 80 tissue samples taken from kidney patients in the United States and Japan.

Working with scientists in these two countries, they examined a particular gene known to be involved in blood vessel growth. The mutation of this gene is the cause of about 50 per cent of kidney cancer in patients.

When mutated, the gene no longer coordinates the proper formation of blood vessels. Instead, it causes blood vessels to grow haphazardly, leading to malignant tumour growth or cancer.

Their findings: The existence of this mutated gene lengthens the lives of patients with the cancer, as compared to those without it.”