Diagnosed with nose cancer at 18
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Mere months after enlisting for national service, Mr Ignatius Lim was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, more commonly known as nose cancer.
Over two months, Mr Lim underwent three chemotherapy sessions and 30 rounds of proton therapy — an advanced form of radiation therapy that spares unnecessary radiation to surrounding normal tissues.
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