Dr. Christina Ng Van Tze, MBBS (Melb), FRACP, is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Medical Director at Onco Life Centre, Kuala Lumpur. She brings over 30 years of clinical and research experience to her practice, with a professional background rooted in Australia’s most prestigious cancer institutions and a career-long commitment to expanding access to high-quality oncology care in Malaysia.
Dr. Ng completed her entire medical training at the University of Melbourne, graduating with her MBBS in 1992. She was selected by the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Group for Advanced Specialist Training in Medical Oncology in 2000, and earned Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2002 — a qualification that represents the highest standard of medical specialist certification in Australia and New Zealand.
Before returning to Malaysia, Dr. Ng served as a Consultant Medical Oncologist at St. Vincent’s and Mercy Private Hospital, Epworth Cancer Center, and Freemason’s Hospital in Melbourne. She also served as a Medical Oncology Research Fellow at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Austin Research Institute — two of Australia’s foremost oncology research centres. Earlier in her career, she trained at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Dr. Christina Ng Van Tze, MBBS (Melb), FRACP, is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Medical Director at Onco Life Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Australian-trained at the University of Melbourne, she holds Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians — the highest standard of specialist certification in Australasia. With over 30 years of clinical experience spanning Melbourne and Malaysia, Dr. Ng is a Principal Investigator in international cancer trials and the Founder President of Empowered, The Cancer Advocacy Society of Malaysia. She is a member of ASCO, ESMO, and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Years of clinical & research experience
Multi-centre trials as Principal Investigator
Malaysians reached through Empowered
Since founding Onco Life Centre in 2016, Dr. Ng has led the centre as Medical Director, specialising in personalised cancer treatment planning, cancer genomics and targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and psycho-oncology support. Her clinical focus areas include breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and nasopharyngeal cancer.
She has served as Principal Investigator across 17 international and national multi-centre trials, working with global pharmaceutical sponsors including Roche, GSK, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, Novartis, and Merck. In 2005–2006, she authored and led Malaysia’s first investigator-initiated cancer trial, a Phase 2 study on nasopharyngeal carcinoma across 8 government and private centres nationwide, supported by a Major Research Grant from the Ministry of Health and Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals USA.
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In 2009, Dr. Ng founded Empowered, The Cancer Advocacy Society of Malaysia, a national organisation with a mission to deliver cancer screening and treatment access to under-resourced communities. Through Empowered, she has personally led colorectal cancer screening and treatment programs that have reached over 100,000 low-income Malaysians across Sentul, Selayang, Cheras, Ampang, and Lembah Subang.
Her community health work was recognised in 2013 when Women’s Weekly awarded her the “Great Women of Our Times” Award in the Health, Sports & Wellness category. Dr. Ng also authored “My Journal”, a multilingual (English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Tamil) patient resource distributed to over 10,000 cancer patients across government hospitals in Malaysia. Its second edition was officially launched by Malaysia’s Deputy Health Minister.
Dr. Ng has co-chaired and spoken at the World Conference on Lung Cancer (IASLC) in Vienna (2016) and Yokohama (2017), representing Malaysia on the global stage for patient access and advocacy. She is a regular delegate at ESMO Congresses, most recently ESMO 2025 in Berlin.
Her peer-reviewed publications appear in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Medical Journal of Australia, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, the Journal of Pharmacy Technology, and the Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.
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MBBS — University of Melbourne, 1992 · FRACP — Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2002
Consultant Medical Oncologist & Medical Director, Onco Life Centre, 2016–present · Consultant Medical Oncologist, Pantai Hospital KL, 2009–present · Founder President, Empowered, 2009–present
Breast · Colorectal · Lung · Nasopharyngeal Cancer · Cancer Genomics & Targeted Therapies · Psycho-Oncology
Principal Investigator, 17 international and national multi-centre trials
“Great Women of Our Times 2013” – Women’s Weekly, Health, Sports & Wellness Category
Top 2% nationally – VCE Australia (1987) · Doris Walker Prize, Melbourne (1987) · Bristol-Myers-Squibb Award (2001)
FRACP · ASCO · ESMO · Malaysian Oncological Society · Medical Oncology Group Australia · Australian Medical Association · ACORD Alumni
Pioneering Annual Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Targeting Low Income Communities in Malaysia (2010–2015)
Christina Ng, Henry Fitzgerald, Akhtar Qureshi, Huck Joo Tan, May Lee Low
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(7), 3179–3183, 2016
Efficacy and Safety of Lapatinib as First-Line Therapy for ErbB2-Amplified Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Henry L. Gomez, Dinesh C. Doval, Miguel A. Chavez, Peter C.S. Ang, Zeba Aziz, Shona Nag, Christina Ng et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26(18), 2008
Myasthenia Gravis — A Rare Complication of Chemotherapy
C. Ng
Medical Journal of Australia, 182(3):120, 2005
Hypersensitivity Reactions and Oxaliplatin: An Asian Experience
C. Ng
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 39(6), 2005
Anaphylactic Reactions in Two Patients Undergoing Oxaliplatin Therapy in Early Colorectal Cancer
C. Ng
Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 22(4):221–225, 2006
A Retrospective Analysis of Patients with Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Temsirolimus
Christina Ng
JUMMEC, 13(1):19–23, 2010
Progressive Multifocal Encephalopathy with Concurrent Waldenstrom Macroglobulinaemia
C. Ng, J. Seymour, M. Slavin
Leukaemia & Lymphoma, 44(10):1819–21, 2003
Lead Author — National Specialist Guidelines for Medical Oncology in Malaysia
Adopted by the Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2006
Access to Care: Malaysia
Christina Ng
Presented at the 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Vienna, 2016
Sunitinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Asian Population Analysis for Safety and Efficacy
S. Lee, P. Mainwaring, C. Ng et al.
Abstract presented at ESMO 2009, Berlin
Attended ESMO Congress, Berlin, as delegate and representative of Onco Life Centre
Attended ESMO Asia Congress, Singapore (2022, 2023, 2024)
ESMO Asia Virtual Oncology Week
ESMO Congress, Barcelona
Co-Chair & Speaker, Patient Support and Advocacy Session, 17th WCLC (IASLC), Vienna · Published Colorectal Cancer Screening research · Launched Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Campaign at Paradigm Mall PJ
Awarded “Great Women of Our Times” – Women’s Weekly · Fundraiser “Be an Angel with Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh” raised RM380,000 for Empowered
Launched 2nd edition of “My Journal” in 4 languages, officiated by the Deputy Health Minister
Founded Empowered, The Cancer Advocacy Society of Malaysia, launch officiated by the Director General of Ministry of Health
Invited to Faculty, ACORD Workshop · Joined Editorial Board of Elsevier’s Oncology and Hematology Newspaper
National Specialist Guidelines for Medical Oncology in Malaysia adopted by Ministry of Health (Lead Author)
Authored and led Malaysia’s first investigator-initiated cancer trial (Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Phase 2, 8 centres nationwide)
Founded the first Medical Oncology Division of University of Melbourne-trained specialists at University Malaya Medical Centre
Earned FRACP — Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Awarded Bristol-Myers-Squibb Prize, Australian Medical Oncology Group Annual Scientific Meeting
MBBS, University of Melbourne
Ranked Top 2% nationally in VCE, Australia · Doris Walker Prize for Academic Excellence
Onco Life Centre is fully licensed as an Oncology Consultation and Treatment Centre (License No: 931401-00214-03/2024)
CONSULTANT MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST (NSR: 131550)
MBBS (MELB), FELLOW RACP (AUS)
CONSULTANT MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST (NSR: 124660)
MBBCH, BAO (IRE), MRCP (UK)
