Dr Tan Qing Ting

Dr Tan Qing Ting is a senior consultant oncoplastic and minimally invasive breast surgeon at the Breast Department of KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. She received her fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh after completing specialist surgical training in Singapore General Hospital and KKH. Under the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) awarded by the Ministry of Health, she underwent specialised training in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery at the Nottingham Breast Institute. She spearheaded minimally invasive breast surgery and performed the first endoscopic mastectomy in KKH.

To further her quest for comprehensive care, Dr Tan worked with the Menopause Clinic and Sexual Health Clinic in KKH to introduce bone health and sexual health services for breast cancer patients. She represents KKH in the SingHealth young women with breast cancer group (YoWo).

Dr Tan has published and presented both locally and internationally on various topics in the field of benign and malignant breast diseases. An advocate of public education, she delivers talks in both English and Chinese to raise awareness in breast cancer. Her interests include the management of breast cancer in young women, pregnancy-related breast cancer, granulomatous mastitis and advancement of techniques in breast surgery.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
• Master of Medicine Surgery (Singapore)
• Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Singapore)

• SingHealth Breast SDDC Young Women with Breast Cancer Group (YOWO) – KKH Representative
• Division of Surgery Representative, KKH Consent Committee
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

• Singapore Health Service Quality Star Award 2023
• Singapore Health Service Quality Gold Award 2022
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2018
• SingHealth Long Service Award (10 years)
• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Long Service Award (10 years)
• Service From The Heart 2017
• Best House Officer (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital) 2007

• Genomic insights into idiopathic granulomatous mastitis through whole-exome sequencing: A case report of right patients
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024 Aug 21;25(16):9058. doi: 10.3390/ijms25169058
  Ong SS, Ho PJ, Khng AJ, Tan BKT, Tan QT, Tan EY, Tan SM, TC Putti, Lim SH, Tang SEL, Li JM, M Hartman
• Time to Surgery after Completion of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Negatively Impact Recurrence and Survival Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients
  World Journal of Surgery 2024 Jun 17. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12258. Epub ahead of print.
  Bek S, R Sultana, Du SDX, Tan QT
• A meta-analysis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis treatments for remission and recurrence prevention
  Frontiers Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024 May 30;11:1346790
  Ong SS, Ho PJ, Liow JJK, Tan QT, S Goh, Li J, M Hartman
• Feasibility of omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy in an under-screened cohort of breast cancer patients with a premastectomy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ
  J Pang, Yan Z, Tan QT, Allen JC, Wang M, Lim GH
  Clinical Breast Cancer. 2024 Jun;24(4):363-367
• Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: A multicenter study comparing clinicopathological factors, diagnosis and treatment outcomes with non-pregnant patients.
  Tan QT, VS Alcantara, R Sultana, KW Loh, AL Go, Wong FY
  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2023) Feb;198(1):53-66.
• 16S rRNA sequencing for profiling microbial communities in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.
  Ong SS, Xu J, Sim CK, Khng AJ, Ho PJ, Kwan PKW, A Ravikrishnan, Tan BK, Tan QT, Tan EY, Tan SM, TC Putti, Lim SH, Tang SEL, N Nagarajan, N Karnani, Li J, M Hartman
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023) 24(2), 1042
• Axillary management of breast cancer patients with isolated chest wall recurrence after mastectomy.
  Lim GH, VS Alcantara, Ng RP, MMW Thein, Tan QT, Lim SH, Yan Z
  Annals of Translational Medicine (2023) Mar 31;11(6):240
• Patterns of breast cancer second recurrences in patients after mastectomy.
  Lim GH, VS Alcantara, Ng RP, Ng R, Allen JC, Htein MMW, Lim SH, Yan Z, Tan QT
  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2022) Dec;196(3):583-589
• Management of granulomatous lobular mastitis: an international multidisciplinary consensus (2021 edition).
  Yuan QQ, Xiao SX, Farouk O, Du YT, Shybani F, Tan QT, Akbulut S, Alikhassi A, Yaghan RJ, Durur-Subasi I, Altinprak F, Eom TI, Alper F, Hasbahceci M, Martinez-Ramos D, Oztekin PS, Kwong A, Pluguez-Turull CW, Brownson KE, Chandanwale S, Habibi M, Lan LY, Zhou R, Zeng XT, Bai J, Bai JW, Chen QR, Chen X, Zha XM, Dai WJ, Feng QY, Gao QJ, Gao RF, Han BS, Hou JX, Hou W, Liao HY, Luo H, Liu ZR, Lu JH, Luo B, Ma XP, Qian J, Qin JY, Wei W, Wei G, Xu LY, Xue HC, Yang HW, Yang WG, Zhang CJ, Zhang F, Zhang GX, Zhang SK, Zhang SQ, Zhang YQ, Zhang YP, Zhang SC, Zhao DW, Zheng XM, Zheng LW, Xu GR, Zhou WB, Wu GS Military Medicine Research (2022) Apr 26;9(1):20
• A case of fibroadenoma with lobular carcinoma in situ and microinvasion in a young woman.
  Wang MJ, Leong MY, Tan QT
  Journal of Surgical Case Reports (2022) Dec 30;2022(12):rjac602
• DNA methylation and breast cancer-associated variants.
  Ho PJ, Dorajoo R, Ivanokic I, Ong SS, Khng AJ, Tan BK, Tan VKM, Lim SH, Tan EY, Tan SM, Tan QT, Yan Z, Ngeow J, Sim Y, Chan P, Chuan JCJ, Chan CW, Tang SW, Hartman M, Li J
  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2021) Aug;188(3):713-727
  
• The clinical significance of oestrogen receptor expression in ductal carcinoma in situ. Miligy IM, Toss MS, Shiino S, Oni G, Syed BM, Khout H, Tan QT, Green AR, Macmillan RD, Robertson JFR, Rakha EA. British Journal of Cancer (2020) 123(10):1513-1 520
• Granulomatous mastitis and factors associated with recurrence: an 11-year single centre study of 113 patients in Singapore. Tan QT, Tay SP, Gudi MA, Nadkarni NV, Lim SH, Chuwa EWL. World Journal of Surgery (2019) 43(7):1737-1745
• A case of invasive ductal carcinoma presenting as an exophytic nipple mass. Tan QT, Gudi MA. The Breast Journal (2019) 25(5):1000-1001
• A case report of wound site seeding following cholecystectomy for dysplastic gallbladder. Ng YA, Tan QT, Wan WK, Goh YC. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports (2017) 35:87-93.
• A case of small bowel metastasis from spinal Ewing sarcoma causing intussusception in an adult female. Tan QT, Teo JY, Ahmed SS, Chung AY. World Journal of Surgical Oncology (2016) 14:109.
• Low-grade adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast: A diagnostic and clinical challenge. Tan QT, Chuwa EW, Chew SH, Lim-Tan SK, Lim SH. International Journal of Surgery 2015 May 15;19:22-26.
• Schwannoma: An unexpected diagnosis from a breast lump. Tan QT, Chuwa EWL, Chew SH, Hong GS. Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2014;9