Dr Wong Nan Soon is a Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist at OncoCare Cancer Centre. His subspecialty interests include breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancers, such as colon, rectal, anal, biliary, pancreatic, and liver cancers, as well as gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) and neuroendocrine tumours.
In addition, he is well versed in the treatment of a wide range of cancers, including lung, kidney, uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancers. He has more than 30 years of clinical experience.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore in 1994 and obtained his Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom) in 2000.
In 2003, he completed advanced specialty training in general medical oncology.
This was followed by a one-year clinical fellowship sub-specialising in breast medical oncology at Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, where he trained under world-renowned breast oncologists, including Professor Kathleen Pritchard.
In 2009, he was appointed Senior Consultant and Chief of the Breast Team in the Department of Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. He was also awarded the prestigious Singapore National Medical Research Council Overseas Research Fellowship to develop expertise in Phase I clinical trials at Duke University in North Carolina, USA.
During this period, he broadened his subspecialty interests to include gastrointestinal cancers, training under Professor Herbert Hurwitz. He also underwent further training in biostatistics and clinical research methodology, graduating with a Master of Health Science.
With this knowledge and experience in novel drug combinations, he is able to offer advanced medical treatment for both early-stage cancers and drug-resistant, difficult-to-treat advanced cancers.
Dr Wong is fluent in English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Malay, and Bahasa Indonesia.
