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FIGHTING cancer is not just about getting a timely diagnosis and adequate treatment, it is also about fighting misinformation.Dr. John Arnold Uson, immediate past president of the Philippine Society of Medical Oncologist , said fighting misinformation is very important, which is why they are encouraging patients to get the right information that will navigate them to the proper health provider for cancer.
“The manual sends the message that cancer is not a death sentence and that things can be done to ease the burden of cancer diagnoses. More than anything, no one is alone in their fight,” ICanServe president Nikoy de Guzman said during the manual’s launch in Cebu last Oct. 5, 2023.ICanServe Foundation is a Philippine-based advocacy group of breast cancer survivors and volunteers.De Guzman recalled her first breast cancer diagnosis in 2002. She had breast cancer twice.
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