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๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต at NCCS has been on a roll ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ $๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ for the National Liver Cancer Research Programme, ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ.๐ฌ, under the NMRC Open Fund - Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG). ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ patients have been recruited for ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, a study improving the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. ๐ Regional study ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ now spans ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ (๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฅ) ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ Pierce Chow - studying the hidden causes of HCC to improve detection and treatment. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ Han Chong Toh - understanding how liver cancer develops, with the goal of designing better precision immunotherapy. ย ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ+ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ published in top-tier journals, including a Nature Reviews study on the evolving landscape of surgical treatment for HCC. A big shoutout to the team for pushing the boundaries of liver cancer research and improving outcomes for patients in Singapore and across the region๐ #FromBreakthroughstoHealing #LiverCancer #CancerResearch