By April Chong

FOR more than a year, 33-year-old Tan Teck Siah suffered from stomach pain and a bloated belly.

It was not until the fruit handler went for tests earlier this year that he discovered he had stomach cancer, a disease that kills 400 Singaporeans every year.

Mr Tan then went through surgery and a barrage of chemotherapy, responding well to the treatment.

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