Delivering personalised care to cancer patients

FOR suspected cancer patients, the wait for their test results - typically a week - can be excruciating.

While it is possible to generate results within a day and spare patients the prolonged uncertainty, they usually have to wait longer due to the "fixed system" in hospitals, says Dr Tay Miah Hiang, a senior specialist in medical oncology and co-founder of OncoCare Medical, which owns the OncoCare Cancer Centre chain.

"There is a set way of doing things there. If they say that your scan results take one week, you have to accept that," he explains. "Knowing this really changed my perspective on how care should be delivered to patients."