Singapore conducts living donor liver transplant on Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient


Goh Jun Le donated part of his liver to his mother Lim Gek Meng, who successfully underwent the transplant in July. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (The Straits Times/ANN): Madam Lim Gek Meng's life was turned upside down in October 2020, when she was diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer, which had spread extensively to her liver.

The 61-year-old's prognosis as a Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient was grim - with chemotherapy, less than 20 per cent, or fewer than one in five such patients, survive beyond five years.

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