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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(19):1426-1429; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.19.1426
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 19, 1426-1429, October 2, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Young Cooperative Oncology Group Spans Southeast Asia, Australia

Linda Wang

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After years of working in the United States, John Eu-Li Wong, M.D., returned to Asia to head the Cancer Institute in Singapore. He was struck by how differently his Asian patients responded to certain cancer drugs compared with his Caucasian patients.


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  		Dr. John Eu-Li Wong

 
"The breast cancer I was treating in New York for many years was somehow different from the breast cancer I was treating in Singapore," he recalled.

His Asian patients were experiencing more side effects from the same drugs that were well-tolerated by his patients in the United States. On the other hand, the Asian patients were not experiencing some side effects often seen in Caucasian patients.

Wong also noticed a lack of new drugs for cancers prevalent in Asia, such as liver, stomach, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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