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The Filipino Pulse on Cancer

Four Filipinos die of cancer every hour – that’s over 90 cancer deaths every day!1 Along the way there is the first harrowing reality of a confirmed diagnosis, and the journey of cancer treatment. Changes in daily activities, work, and…

What is triple-negative breast cancer and why should you be concerned?

Breast cancer remains to be one of the most prevalent forms of cancer globally, with the World Health Organization reporting 2.26 million cases and up to 685,000 deaths in 20201. A significant public health problem, breast cancer is the…

DELIVER THE PROMISE OF NICCA NOW - Cancer Coalition of the Philippines

Hope From Within is one with the Cancer Coalition of the Philippines and the whole cancer community in urging our legislators to ensure that the Cancer Law gets the line budget allocation it deserves. Let’s continue to provide support…

Navigating the Breast Cancer Patient Journey Together

In 2020, there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer.1 Closer to home, over 27,000 women were diagnosed with the disease; according to the statistics, breast cancer topped the list of most number of new cancer cases in the…

How to Find Financial Assistance for Cancer Patients in the Philippines: A Quick Guide by Hope From Within

The treatments of cancer often come with expensive medical bills. The entire cancer patient journey, from diagnosis all the way to palliative care, can easily cost up to millions of pesos. This sum of money is an enormous amount for the average…

Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer

If you could find out if something was wrong so you could solve it right away, would you take that opportunity? When an ‘error’ doesn’t get fixed in our DNA, Microsatellite Instability (MSI) happens, and this could lead to cancers,…

What to do after you find a lump in your breast, and more: The Breast Cancer Map

Breast cancer affects nearly 25,000 women in the country yearly. But breast cancer awareness in the Philippines needs to go deeper if we want to make a change. Women, especially, need to be made more aware of their breast cancer symptoms,…

List of Hospitals Around the Philippines Accepting Cancer Inquiries

Best Oncologists in the Philippines: Philippine Society of Medical Oncology (PSMO) Uncertainty has been a recurring theme surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. At the beginning of the outbreak, there was very little credible…
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Beyond Lung Cancer: Other Diseases Linked to Smoking

Health think tank Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) reported that in the Philippines alone, annual deaths due to tobacco-related diseases reach over 100,000. In Southeast Asia, more than 500,000 die due to tobacco-related diseases,…
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Metastatic Lung Cancer: What Should You Do?

If you or your loved one has received a diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer, you may feel anxious, angry, overwhelmed, confused, and so many other emotions. Allow yourself to feel all these things. You have the right to feel them. Metastatic…