Clement Chia · Breast conservation surgeon-innovator

Preserve the breast.
Protect quality of life.

Senior Consultant Breast and Endocrine Surgeon and Head of Breast Surgery at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, NHG Health. Clement advances breast conservation through oncoplastic surgery, patient education, clinical research and medtech innovation.

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Surgery · Education · Innovation

A single clinical mission: help more suitable women preserve the breast and make informed choices, while keeping cancer safety central.

Breast conservation✦Oncoplastic breast surgery✦Partial breast reconstruction✦Shared decision-making

Three pathways, one mission

Breast conservation connects patient care, academic evidence and clinician-led technology translation.

Breast conservation through surgery, education and innovation.

For patients

Understand breast-conserving surgery, oncoplastic surgery, partial breast reconstruction and the questions that shape an individual treatment plan.

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For academics

Explore research in margin assessment, PROMs, Asian breast surgery outcomes and quality of life.

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For industry

Collaborate on margin technologies, surgical devices, digital health, imaging, AI, patient education and clinical translation.

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Evidence-based care

Is breast conservation as safe as mastectomy?

For suitable early breast cancer patients, breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy provides long-term survival outcomes comparable to mastectomy. The right operation still depends on the cancer, treatment needs, health and patient preferences.

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Evidence supports

Comparable long-term survival for many suitable early breast cancer patients
Reduced local recurrence and breast cancer mortality when indicated radiotherapy follows surgery
Potential benefits for body image, psychosocial well-being and quality of life

Breast conservation starts with the right conversation.

Every cancer, breast and person is different. Shared decision-making means understanding breast conservation, mastectomy and reconstruction options, their trade-offs and what matters most to the patient.

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Translational platform

From unmet need
to patient care.

REBORN digital education and shared decision-making

Intra-operative cancer margin assessment

Low-thermal electrosurgical device development

PROMs and quality-of-life research

Clinical implementation and real-world validation

Collaborate on breast conservation innovation

Preserve the breast.Protect quality of life.