I felt the pressing need to find a better way

“It was frustrating seeing this young man with a son wilt away slowly, despite the availability of modern medicine. I felt the pressing need to find a better way. These patients give me the motivation to keep persevering.”

31 Jan 2017

“I remember a patient with glioblastoma of the brain stem. It was inoperable, so all we could offer was chemotherapy and radiation.

It was frustrating seeing this young man with a son wilt away slowly, despite the availability of modern medicine. I felt the pressing need to find a better way. These patients give me the motivation to keep persevering.”

Assoc Prof Ang Beng Ti
Head and Senior Consultant,
Department of Neurosurgery (SGH Campus)
National Neuroscience Institute

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