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Dr Shum Weng Yoon

Clinical Oncology

Mahkota Medical Centre Logo

Suite 405, 4th Floor,
Mahkota Medical Centre

DOCTOR PROFILE

Dr Shum is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Mahkota Medical Centre, Melaka with more than 24 years of experience in treating cancer patients. He is trained and practised in Tri-Service General Hospital & Jen-Ai Hospital, Taiwan for more than 15 years.  He has published various papers and obtained his Master Degree in Medical Science in 2010. He is appointed as the Chief of the Oncology Department, Jen-Ai Hospital before he came back to Malaysia in 2012.

His areas of expertise include diagnosis and management of all kinds of cancer (solid tumour), especially in breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. The main procedures performed are radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy.

CONDITIONS TREATED

  • Breast cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Colon and rectal cancer
  • Head and neck cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Gynaecological cancer (cervical, ovarian & uterine cancer)
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Liver cancer

PROCEDURES PERFORMED

  • Chemotherapy
  • Targeted therapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Hormonal/endocrine therapy
  • Image-Guided Radiotherapy / Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (IGRT / VMAT)
  • Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
  • Tomotherapy
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy
  • 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT)
  • Brachytherapy
  • Cancer palliative care

Academic Qualification
& Certification

  • MD (China Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Master of Medical Science (China Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Specialist in Radiation Oncology (Taiwan)
  • Specialist in Cancer Palliative Medicine (Taiwan)
  • National Specialist Register (Clinical Oncology)

CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE

  • Housemanship in Internal Medicine Training, Jen-Ai Hospital, Taiwan (1997-2002)
  • Specialist Training in Radiation Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital & Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan (2002-2004)
  • Specialist Training in Palliative Cancer Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital & Hospice Foundation of Taiwan (2005-2006)
  • Attending Physician of Oncology Department, Jen Ai Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (2006-2008)
  • Chief of the Oncology Department, Jen Ai Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (2008-2012)
  • Consultant Oncologist and Radiotherapist, Mahkota Medical Centre, Melaka, Malaysia (2012-now)

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP

  • Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AM)
  • Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)
  • Malaysian Oncology Society (MOS)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  • European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
  • Taiwan Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (TASTRO)
  • Taiwan Society of Cancer Palliative Medicine (TSCPM)

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