Understanding Cancer in Singapore: Insights across National Reports

Cancer remains the number one cause of death in Singapore – but dig deeper into the data and a slightly nuanced picture emerges, marked by both progress and emerging concerns. While cancer continues to affect 1 in 4 Singapore residents in their lifetime, there has also been remarkable progress, with five-year survival rates more than tripling in the last five decades.

In Understanding Cancer in Singapore: Insights Across National Reports, Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) brings together key insights from trusted health data sources to help Singapore residents understand how health and cancer trends are evolving – and what this means for them across prevention, screening and living well after cancer.