Tag: Cancer

SENATE APPROVES BILL ESTABLISHING NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM – ANGARA

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date November 14, 2018
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The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to institutionalize a national integrated cancer control program in the country. Senate Bill No. 1850, sponsored by Senator JV Ejercito, was approved with 18 affirmative votes, zero negative vote and no abstention. Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said […]

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Politics

Early Detection Means Early Treatment of Breast Cancer – ARAGONES

Post author By Romelo Caparas
Post date March 7, 2017
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With the Philippines having one of the highest incidences of breast cancer in Southeast Asia, Rep. Sol Aragones of the third district of Laguna has proposed a law that would establish a free early detection program for women to prevent deaths from the dreaded affliction. “Breast cancer is the number one type of cancer among […]

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