Dr Wong Ru Xin

MBBS, FRCR (Clinical Oncology)

Visiting Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Clinical Appointments

Visiting Consultant

Visiting Consultant

Division of Radiation Oncology

About

Dr Wong Ru Xin's special interests are in sarcoma, breast and pediatric oncology.

Education and Training

  • FRCR (clinical oncology) 2016
  • MBBS National University of Singapore 2009

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Consultant - Radiation Oncology
    National Cancer Centre (2016-2023)
  • Visiting consultant - Paediatric-oncology
    KKH (2019-present)
  • Visiting scientist - Radiation Oncology
    St Jude Children’s Research Hospital (2019-2019)

Awards

  • ​Human Manpower Development Program Singhealth 2019
  • Human Manpower Development Programme 2016
  • Dean’s List 2009 National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Research Trials

  • ​Principal investigator of NOVELS (neoadjuvant short course radiotherapy for at risk margins in retroperitoneal sarcoma)
  • Principal investigator of KAYA (Dept of Radiation Oncology outcomes in Kids, Adolescents, Young Adults)

Publications

1. Validation of a Risk Score Incorporating Tumour Characteristics into American Joint Committee for Cancer Anatomic Stage for Breast Cancer. Seow YH, WX Lian, FY Wong, YS Yap, JHC Lim, Wong RX. Journal of Breast Cancer Mar 2019.

2. Validation of Modified Graded Prognostic Assessment for breast cancer patients with brain metastases; Extra-cranial Disease Progression is an Independent Risk QY Zhuang, Wong RX, WX Lian, YQ Li, FY Wong. Annals Pal Med Mar 2019.

3. Local experience with radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas; and recommendations for management. Wong RX, HY Low, Tan DY. Singapore Medical Journal 2018 Sep 5. Doi:10.11622/smedj.2018107.

4. Validation of the AJCC 8th prognostic system for Breast Cancer in an Asian health system setting. Wong RX, JHL Lim, WX Lian, FY Wong, YS Yap. Breast. 2018 Apr 17;40:38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2018.04.013.

5. Screening Uptake Differences Are Not Implicated in Poorer Breast Cancer Outcomes among Singaporean Malay Women J Breast Cancer 2017 June; 20(2): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2017.20.2.1. Wong RX, Wong FY, Kwok LL.

6. Knowledge, attitudes and practice of cervical cancer vaccination among young women attending a tertiary institution in Singapore. Zhuang QY, Wong RX, Darren L, Guo XX. Singapore Med J 2016; 57(6): 329-333 doi: 10.11622/smedj.2016108

7. Natural history of severe eosinophilia with uncertain aetiology and proposals on a practical approach to its management. Ang AL, Wong RX, Zhuang QY, Linn YC. Intern Med J. 2012 Aug;42(8):928-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02648.x.

8. Outcomes of intra-cranial germinoma – a retrospective multinational Asian study on effect of clinical presentation and differential treatment strategies. Neuro-Oncology 2021

9. Characteristics and outcomes of locally recurrent retroperitoneal sarcoma after first relapse in a single tertiary Asian centre and applicability of the Sarculator. Frontiers in oncology. 2021

10. Outcomes of head and neck angiosarcoma with different treatment modalities. Precision Cancer Medicine 2021.

11. Cardiac-Sparing and Breast-Sparing Whole Lung Irradiation Using Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy. International Journal of Particle Therapy 2021.

12. Effects of housing value and medical subsidy on treatmentsand outcomes of breast cancer patients in Singapore. The Lancet Regional Health 2021