A gastroenterologist expert emphasized that the issue with colorectal cancer in the Philippines stems from delayed diagnoses, attributed to the lack of a national screening initiative. Photo from Pixabay During the TeleRadyo interview on Saturday, March 9, Philippine and American Board-Certified...
By Jun R. Ruiz Jr., M.D. Colorectal cancer is an important preventable and treatable cancer, as it ranks as the third most common cancer in the Philippines. In 2020, an estimated 17,364 new patients in the country were reported to be diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
How to prevent colorectal cancer When food and fluids are ingested, they travel through our digestive tract, which begins with the mouth and ends with the colon or large intestine where stool is formed, and the rectum, which serves as a temporary storehouse for stool or feces. According to the...
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity on Thursday congratulated the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) and its team of researchers following their successful isolation of 30 bacterial species from Mt. Mayon’s volcanic soils that were found to have potential antibiotic and anti-colorectal...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has bared the discovery of a specific bacterial species from the soils of Mount Mayon that has potential antibiotic and anti-colorectal cancer properties. IMG_20210804_055138 The DOST said based on the study of researchers from the University of the...
The study on the detection and functional characterization of selected gene mutations in Filipino colorectal cancer has been completed recently, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced on July 9. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. De la Peña cited the report of DOST- Philippine...
The study on the detection and functional characterization of selected gene mutations in Filipino colorectal cancer has already been completed, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced on Friday, July 9. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña cited the report of...
Jun R. Ruiz, M.D. Gastroenterologist The Medical City March is the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This malignancy of the digestive tract is the 3 rd most common cancer among Filipinos, despite it being one of the most treatable and preventable cancers. Colorectal cancer screening has been...
