I specialise in haemato-oncology (blood cancer) because… This is perhaps the most dynamic field in medicine right now.

Cure rates and prognosis of different types of blood cancer, including lymphoma, leukaemia and myeloma, have improved dramatically over the past five to 10 years. More targeted and safer chemotherapy drugs have also been developed.

Unlike solid organ cancer, blood cancer tends to be more sensitive to drug treatment.

Finding a cure for many of these diseases in this lifetime is promising and I want to witness those major breakthroughs.

Article Extract from Mind Your Body 9 Feb 2012