CNA·7 min read
He battled high-risk leukaemia at age 7. Now he's a doctor helping to treat cancer patients
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Nikki Yeo
Dr Jason Chng knows firsthand the fear, uncertainty and exhaustion that can come with serious illness. Those memories continue to guide the way he practises medicine today.
Dr Jason Chng, a childhood cancer survivor who is now a third-year medical resident in Anatomical Pathology in a Singapore hospital, pictured on Sep 7, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Ooi Boon Keong)
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