Dr. Tang Siau Wei

Dr Tang is our Senior Consultant and Breast Surgeon who specialises in breast surgery. Prior to joining Solis, she was practicing in National University Hospital, where she is well versed in the care of benign and malignant breast conditions, and provides comprehensive and holistic care for her patients.

Training and Qualifications

She obtained her BMedSci (Hons) and medical degree from the University of Nottingham (UK), and did her initial surgical training in the Trent Deanery in the United Kingdom.

Dr Tang subsequently moved to Singapore and completed her advanced specialist training in General Surgery at National University Hospital and obtained the Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK [FRCS (Edin)] in General Surgery. Having travelled to Korea and Japan to learn advanced surgical techniques on breast conservation and partial reconstruction, she helps her patients lead a fulfilling life and maintain their femininity through breast conservation surgery.

With a clinical and research interest in the subspecialty of breast surgery, treating breast cancer and the quality of life in breast cancer survivors, Dr Tang has published various clinical and research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. In 2015, she was successful in obtaining a research grant by the NCIS Centre Seed Funding Program to evaluate the Quality of Life and Body lmage in Women with Breast Cancer in Singapore. This allowed her to better empathise and aid patients on their journey to recovery while maximising their quality of life. Dr Tang also has a research interest in breast cancer in older women, and how best to optimise their breast cancer treatment whilst taking into consideration their other chronic illnesses.

Ho, P. J., Dorajoo, R., Ivankovic, I., Ong, S. S., Khng, A. J., Tan, B. K. -T., . . SW Tang … Li, J. (2021). DNA methylation and breast cancer-associated variants. BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 2021 Aug;188(3):713-727.  doi:10.1007/s10549-021-06185-9

Goh Y, Balasundaram G, Moothanchery M, Attia A, Li X, Lim HQ, Burton N, Qiu Y, Putti TC, Chan CW, Iau P, Tang SW, Ng CWQ, Pool FJ, Pillay P, Chua W, Sterling E, Quek ST, Olivo M. Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography in Assessment of Breast Tumor Margins During Breast-Conserving Surgery: A First-in-human Case Study. Clin Breast Cancer. 2018 Dec;18(6):e1247-e1250. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2018.07.026. Epub 2018 Aug 16. PMID: 30241967.

S Prakash, P., Lee, J. W. K., Tang, S. W., & Iau, P. T. C. (2020). A rare case report of recurrent metastatic breast cancer mimicking primary pancreatic cancer. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 77, 446-449. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.082

Tang SW, Liu J, Juay L, et al. Birth rates among male cancer survivors and mortality rates among their offspring: a population-based study from Sweden. BMC Cancer. 2016 Mar;16:196. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2236-y.

Ruth M. Parks, , Louise Hall, Siau-Wei Tang, Penny Howard, Radhika Lakshmanan, Linda Winterbottom, David A. Morgan, Davina Porock, Karen Cox, Kwok-Leung Cheung. The potential value of comprehensive geriatric assessment in evaluating older women with primary operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment — A pilot study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2015 Jan;6(1):46-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2014.09.180. Epub 2014 Sep 26

Parks, R. M., Hall, L., Tang, S. -W., Howard, P., Lakshamanan, R., Winterbottom, L., . . . Cheung, K. L. (2015). Additional assessments of older women with primary operable breast cancer – a pilot study. In FUTURE ONCOLOGY Vol. 11 (pp. 12). FUTURE MEDICINE LTD

Oh HB, Tang SW, Shabbir A. Laparoscopic Heller’s cardiomyotomy and Roux-En-Y gastric bypass for missed achalasia diagnosed after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Sep-Oct;10(5):1002-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.01.023. Epub 2014 Jan 29. PMID: 24999005.

Fitzgerald JE, Tang SW, Ravindra P, Maxwell-Armstrong CA. Gender-related perceptions of careers in surgery among new medical graduates: results of a cross-sectional study. Am J Surg. 2013 Jul;206(1):112-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.04.009. Epub 2012 Aug 14. PMID: 22902099.

JYM Tang, SW Tang, KL Cheung. Optimizing care of elderly women with primary breast cancer. The European Journal of Clinical & Medical Oncology (EJCMO) September 2012, 4(3), 45-53

Yeung J M -C; Yeeles H; Tang S -W; Hong L L; Amin S. How good are newly qualified doctors at digital rectal examination? Colorectal Disease 2011; 13(3):337-340. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02116.x.

SW Tang, H Parker, L Winterbottom, K Hassell, IO Ellis, DAL Morgan, KL Cheung. Early primary breast cancer in the elderly – Pattern of presentation and treatment. Surg Oncology 2011; 20:7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.07.004.

SW Tang, DAL Morgan, L Winterbottom, H Kennedy, D Porock, KL Cheung. Optimising the care of primary breast cancer in older women – potential for a dedicated service. Journal of Geriatric Oncology 2010;1:103-108. doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2010.07.001

SW Tang, A Hurria, DAL Morgan, KL Cheung, Breast cancer: is surgery always indicated in older women with breast cancer? Minerva Chir 2010; 65:555-68. PMID: 21081867

JMC Yeung, JAD Simpson, SW Tang, NC Armitage, CA Maxwell-Armstrong. Fibrin glue for the treatment of Fistula in Ano – A method worth sticking to? Colorectal Disease 2010; 12(4): 363-366. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01801.x.

In 2012, Dr Tang was awarded the Best Oral Presentation on the topic of ‘Fertility among male cancer patients, a population-based study’ at the Asian Oncology Summit. She went on to win the NUHS Teaching Excellence Award in 2019, the NUS Medicine Fortitude Award in 2020 as well as the 5 and 10 years long service award at NUH. Dr Tang was also heavily involved in the teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at National University Singapore. She was the deputy undergraduate medical director at the National University of Singapore, where she coordinated teaching and attachments for medical students, and was associate programme director for the National Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) programme at NUH, providing supervision, training and pastoral support to new junior doctors in NUH.

2004

B Med Sci (Hons)

Nottingham University, UK

2006

BMBS

Nottingham University, UK

2009

MRCS

Royal College of Surgeons (England)

2014

MMed

National University of Singapore

2015

FRCS

Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)