Singapore, Oct. 26 -- Moving beyond age-based breast cancer screening towards more personalised approaches to early detection and prevention is the ambition behind the newly established Josephine Tan Professorship in Breast Cancer Genomics at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine).

Established on 23 October 2026 through a philanthropic gift from Mr Tony Tan in memory of his late wife, Mrs Josephine Tan, the Professorship aims to advance research into how genetic, clinical and imaging data can be combined to better predict a woman's individual risk of developing breast cancer, paving the way for more targeted screening, earlier intervention and preventive strategies.

Breast cancer is the most...