Health advocates said a huge portion of the country’s cancer burden is preventable, but due to the “inadequate and inaccessible” cancer screenings, the disease remains to be one of the major causes of mortality in the Philippines. Philippine Institute for Development Studies Senior Research...
The government should at least allocate P7 billion to fund the programs for prevention and treatment of cancer, the head of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Cancer Institute said. For this year, the government has allocated P1.06 billion for the National Integrated Cancer Control Program “to...
The chief of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Cancer Institute believes that the approval of new medicines for cancer will speed up with the recent transfer of the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). PGH Cancer Institute Head Dr. Jorge...
Men are also at risk from breast cancer. Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Cancer Institute Chairman Dr. Jorge Ignacio on Thursday, March 23, admitted that there is no sufficient data to thoroughly understand the occurrence of breast cancer among men. “We know too little about the biology of...
An official of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Cancer Institute warned of a possible uptick in advanced cancer cases in the next two to three years. This increase, according to PGH Cancer Institute Chairman Dr. Jorge Ignacio, may be attributed to pandemic-delayed screenings and treatments....
The Las Pi ñas City local government conducted simultaneous youth vaccination drives against cervical cancer on Tuesday, March 14. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) team, together with Vice-Mayor April Aguilar, held the vaccination at the Talon Uno Elementary School and...
The burden of healthcare is being shouldered by women. This was according to a volunteer-based organization in the Philippines serving indigent Filipino cancer patients and this is their story. Cancer patients at the corner of OPD Building in East Avenue Medical Center (Photo courtesy of PFBCI /...
A ranking House of Representatives member has hailed the quick progress of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Cancer Center public-private partnership (PPP) project, even as he assured the government’s commitment to the endeavor. AKO BICOL Party-list Rep. Zaldy...
The chairman of the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation is pursuing the creation of a dedicated medical institution for Filipino cancer patients, especially for the less fortunate. 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) For this purpose, 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero filed...
My mother passed away from ovarian cancer in 1996. My elder sister is a breast cancer survivor. And just two years ago, I underwent a Brachytherapy procedure for my Stage 1 prostate cancer. So you can say that the Big C and I have had this on-off relationship for some decades now; and that I speak...
A new radiation and oncology unit was opened at the Rizal Medical Center in Pasig City on Tuesday, Feb. 14. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) / MANILA BULLETIN Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Roasrio Singh-Vergeire, RMC Chief Dr. Maria Rica Lumague, and other RMC officials led the...
PNCS2023 QuarterPage CMYK 16p38cmX24cm_300dpi Health experts and other key stakeholders are set to participate in a summit that will tackle the “collective actions” to fight cancer. The Philippine National Cancer Summit 2023, with a theme “Bridging Gaps in Cancer through 3Cs (Communication,...
