New cancer treatment gives 23-year-old hope, spurs business plans

Cancer survivor Oliver Keh hopes to open three food and beverage outlets in 2024. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE – When Mr Oliver Keh, 23, was in secondary school, a routine health check revealed a lump at the base of his neck.

Following this school check-up for signs of scoliosis, a condition where the spine curves to the side, a series of hospital scans showed he was in an advanced stage of an exceedingly rare cancer at age 16.

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