Colon cancer scare the spark for ex-banker’s health care venture capital fund

Simone Song Hong-fang was 26 when she first had polyps removed from her colon and learned she would have to undergo a regular colonoscopy – an exam to detect changes or abnormalities in the large intestine and rectum. She had a family history of colon cancer; her grandfather had died of the disease.“Sometimes after a colonoscopy one, two or three polyps were discovered, so it was important for me to continue with this regime,” says the 56-year-old Hongkonger.While Song understood the necessity…

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