About Dr Yuk Man Kan

Dr Kan graduated from Manchester University Medical school and went on to obtain further qualifications from Addenbrookes Hospital. Thereafter, he pursued post-graduate senior surgical fellowships at world-renowned centres - National Cancer Centre and the Cancer Institute (Tokyo, Japan), Prince of Wales Chinese University Hospital (Hong Kong) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, Australia). These fellowships have trained him to be well-versed with thoracoscopic resections for oesophageal and gastric cancers and MIS for the benign oesophageal disease. Minimally invasive/ keyhole surgery is a highly complex surgery and Dr Kan is one of a few surgeons in Asia who can successfully treat stomach and oesophagea cancer using this method.

He served as a clinical lead in Upper GI focusing on MIS in general surgery and a surgical lead in trauma and bariatric surgical services at Alexandra Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. There, he established a multidisciplinary team to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomies on severely obese patients.
Dr Kan’s other clinical interest includes bariatric/metabolic surgery for the obese patient. He has been performing laparoscopic gastric bypass since 2002.

On top of his clinical practices, Dr Kan regularly shares his knowledge and experiences and has presented at medical conferences all over the world (USA, UK, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand).


Contact Dr Yuk Man Kan

Phone: 66906083

Education

  • MB ChB
  • FRCS

Awards and Achievements

  • NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE & CANCER INSTITUTE, TOKYO 2008 - National AUGIS Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom
  • OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC CLINICAL FELLOW AT PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, HONG KONG 2008 - Cambridge Travelling Fellowship, United Kingdom
  • PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 2009-2010 - Surgical Fellowship as Senior clinical fellow in Laparoscopic Surgical Oncology
  • ALFRED’S HOSPITAL TRAUMA SERVICE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 2013 Health Manpower Development Plan Award Clinical lead in Trauma
  • Service Ambassador award for patient care (4 consecutive years) Alexandra Hospital 2011-2014

Dr Yuk Man Kan offers the following treatments

  • Bariatric/Metabolic surgery for obese patients
  • Keyhole Surgery
  • Upper GI surgery
  • Laparoscopic surgery in hernia
  • Therapeutic Endoscopy

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Recent Answers

From a medical point of view, what advice do doctors give patients after diagnosing them with stomach cancer?

Once you diagnose the cancer, there’s no option. Surgery is a must, it’s not like buying a car -- do I have that or not have that? When you get diagnosed with cancer, be it stomach cancer or colon cancer, there is essentially one option only. Look, here are the plain facts -- you’ve got cancer. It’s deciding how far the cancer has gone and whether I, as a specialist, can help you. Or do I refer you to a colleague who can offer you chemotherapy, or if we can’t do anything we can only manage the symptoms?

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Dr Yuk Man Kan

General Surgeon

Are Indians less susceptible to stomach cancer because their diet contains lots of natural herbs like turmeric?

We know that turmeric and certain things are anti-carcinogenic. And we know some of the remedies, some of the pills do have turmeric. I don’t think it’s that in itself, but the Indians have a lower incidence of gastric cancer. The flip side of this is that the Indians have a higher incidence of colon cancer. There’s genetic relevance, and diet certainly has an impact on the risk. Certain parts of China, where the food intake is of a certain type, the risk of gastric cancer is higher. In Japan, the H. pylori infection rate is higher, so that’s one thing that we know.

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Dr Yuk Man Kan

General Surgeon

What are the chances of stomach cancer returning after full recovery?

It goes back to staging. When we say staging, when we do the operation -- has the cancer spread further? Although we see it, it depends whether it has gone microscopic -- little cells that moved away beyond where we excise. One of the things that we really know is that after we take the stomach away, we send it to a laboratory to have it looked at. They chop it into little pieces and look at it in detail, see if there are any cancer cells elsewhere. That will give an indication of how likely it is to come back. Another thing is what type of cancer it is.

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Dr Yuk Man Kan

General Surgeon

Recent Sessions

Stomach Cancer Screening

Ended on July 1, 2020

Dr Kan Yuk Man graduated from Manchester University Medical school and went on to obtain further qualifications from Addenbrookes Hospital. Thereafter, he pursued post-graduate senior surgical fellowships at world-renowned centres - National Cancer Centre and the Cancer Institute (Tokyo, Japan), Prince of Wales Chinese University Hospital (Hong Kong) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, Australia). These fellowships have trained him to be well-versed with thoracoscopic resections for oesophageal and gastric cancers and MIS for the benign oesophageal disease. Minimally invasive/ keyhole surgery is a highly complex surgery and Dr Kan is one of a few surgeons in Asia who can successfully treat stomach and oesophageal cancer using this method.

KYM Surgery is committed to providing patients with the highest level of care, focusing on the areas of abdominal contents including oesophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts. Their doctor is experienced in treating simple to chronic and complex cases such as cancer while focusing on utilizing the Minimally Invasive Surgery (Keyhole) Technique.

Keyhole Surgery

Dr Kan graduated from Manchester University Medical school and went on to obtain further qualifications from Addenbrookes Hospital. Thereafter, he pursued post-graduate senior surgical fellowships at world-renowned centres - National Cancer Centre and the Cancer Institute (Tokyo, Japan), Prince of Wales Chinese University Hospital (Hong Kong) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, Australia). These fellowships have trained him to be well-versed with thoracoscopic resections for oesophageal and gastric cancers and MIS for the benign oesophageal disease. Minimally invasive/ keyhole surgery is a highly complex surgery and Dr Kan is one of a few surgeons in Asia who can successfully treat stomach and oesophagea cancer using this method.

He served as a clinical lead in Upper GI focusing on MIS in general surgery and a surgical lead in trauma and bariatric surgical services at Alexandra Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. There, he established a multidisciplinary team to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomies on severely obese patients.
Dr Kan’s other clinical interest includes bariatric/metabolic surgery for the obese patient. He has been performing laparoscopic gastric bypass since 2002.

On top of his clinical practices, Dr Kan regularly shares his knowledge and experiences and has presented at medical conferences all over the world (USA, UK, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand).

Practice

Farrer Park 1 Farrer Park Station Road #13-05/06 Connexion Singapore 217562

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* This profile has been last updated on November 18, 2020.