Corporate Profile
s the premier anti-cancer institution in the country, the Philippine Cancer Society, Inc. (PCS) has endeavored to serve Filipinos in the fight against cancer – “to advance knowledge on cancer, control A the spread of the disease and bring relief to those afflicted.” Since 1956, the PCS focuses its efforts towards three primary advocacies – prevention and early detection, statistical research and focused patient services. Free film showings and lectures are provided to communities, workplaces, schools and companies to raise cancer awareness about cancer. Another integral part of its education and information work is mobile clinic sessions for cervical (pap smear), breast and prostate examinations.
Relentless in its campaign on tobacco control, the Society has advocated for a 100% smoke-free environment nationwide. In recent years, two landmark legislations were enacted to reduce tobacco consumption in the country. These are the Sin Tax Law of 2012 and the Graphic Health Warning Act of 2014.
Other advocacies towards cancer prevention which the PCS has strongly supported are Hepatitis-B infant vaccination for liver cancer control, expanded coverage in PhilHealth benefits packages for cancer diseases and non-communicable diseases prevention and control through healthy lifestyle.
The PCSI Cancer Registry and the Department of Health’s Rizal Cancer Registry (DOH-RCR) are the only sources of internationally-validated cancer incidence, mortality and survival statistics in the country. Among the oldest in Asia, these registries provide baseline data that help policy decision-makers strategize efforts against cancer. Statistics derived from the PCSI registry and DOH-RCR are published in series by the Society, entitled “Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates” and “Cancer in the Philippines” and by the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) for “Cancer Incidence in Five Continents.”
Volunteer doctors offer first line consultations and referrals for patients needing further medical attention for diagnostic services, treatment, pain and symptom management and hospice services.
The Society implements the country’s first-ever Patient Navigation Program (PNaP) that directly assist cancer patients with their treatment procedures while eliminating other barriers in the country’s complicated healthcare system. With this Program, early-staged cancers of Filipino patients, particularly those that belong to the impoverished sector of society, are now given excellent opportunities for survival. Hospice services and palliative care are also available to cancer patients who do not respond anymore to cancer treatment.
The Philippine Cancer Society is led by a 15-man Board of Trustees composed of dynamic and dedicated medical practitioners and civic-minded businessmen. Its projects and programs are run by competent and dedicated anti-cancer volunteers and professionals headed by an Executive Director. The main headquarters in San Miguel district in Manila houses the Managing Office, headed by an Executive Director, and the Society’s major divisions: Education and Information, Cancer Registry, Focused Patient Services and Resource Generation.
Tel. nos. 734-2126, 733-3486, Telefax nos. 735-2707, 734-2127 with e-mail at pcsi@ philcancer.org.ph and website at www.philcancer.org.ph.
1 Table of Contents
3 Messages
6 Board of Trustees & Officers
8 Council of Advisers / Committees
9 PCS - Manila Cancer Registry
10 Advocacy
12 Education & Information
13 Patient Services
16 Resource Generation
20 PCS in Action
22 PCS Staff
23 Members and Partners
2 Message
o one can ever have a stake in his chosen mission unless he has in some ways contributed to its body of knowledge and enriched it with refinements in theory and practice. An Norganization emerges successful as such because its officers and members manage to add, year after year, a wealth of knowledge to its mission-vision. As a consequence, an organization does not only pass the tests for survival but it also sustains its existence with pride as a respected institution.
After 60 years, the Philippine Cancer Society has grown from an organization into an institution and finds its strength in its voluntary nature as a non-profit, non-stock institution. It is therefore regrettable that two of the Society’s best leaders in Board Chairman Dr. Roberto Paterno and Council of Advisers member Imelda Cojuangco passed away in 2016.
Despite this, here now comes an opportune time for us to support the government in crafting a comprehensive and sustainable National Cancer Control Program. The PCS advocates for prevention and early detection, a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, and, hospice and palliative care to alleviate the burden of cancer in the country.
The PCS now faces the future for the succeeding generations of cancer fighters with its present work. We are now laying the groundwork that will guide the Society’s programs and projects to shape the future of potential and current cancer victims.
If only for all this, the Philippine Cancer Society will have realized its reason for existence and continued presence.
ANTONIO MA. J. GUERRERO Chairman of the Board
3 Message
016 was again another banner year for the Philippine Cancer Society as the premier anti- cancer institution in the country continues to make its presence felt in most public fora 2 that need our expertise, resources and life-saving resolve. Stakeholders and decision-makers in the fight against cancer, including Congress, national government agencies, the corporate sector, media networks, the academic and medical community, other NGOs and, most importantly, the entire Filipino nation now look up to the Society as the hub of cancer information and assistance.
Nowadays, more Filipinos are health-conscious as they troop to medical facilities at the first sign of cancer symptoms. While the numbers are still rising in cancer incidence and deaths as recorded in our PCS-Manila Cancer Registry, it is also undoubtable that our countrymen now have the will to fight the disease. With our Patient Navigation Program, PhilHealth’s catastrophic diseases benefit packages, social welfare programs of generous individuals and institutions and the HMO sector, even the disadvantaged sector of our society may now have the tools to battle this ugly disease.
On our prevention efforts, we still maintain that cancers associated with smoking, liver cancer and cervical cancer can be prevented. Others can be cured successfully, if detected early. We have also been espousing in recent years a healthy lifestyle to fight not only cancer but other non- communicable diseases as well, like diabetes, hypertension and stroke.
As a famous philosopher once said, “forewarned is forearmed.”
CORAZON A. NGELANGEL, M.D. President 4 Message
ast year, after a year of meticulous deliberation and evaluation, the Philippine Cancer Society received its renewed “Seal of Good Housekeeping” from the Philippine Council for L NGO Cerification (PCNC) and, subsequently, the grant of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) of our Registration as a Donee Institution from 2016 to 2021.
These have twin impacts on the Society as a non-stock, non-profit organization with a noble mission yet dependent on the kind generosity of much-valued donors and patrons. First, both the PCNC and the BIR found the PCS as a trusted practitioner of good governance, accountability and transparency in its fiduciary capacity as fund managers for cancer programs and projects. This is based on the five-year period preceding the PCNC-BIR validation.
Secondly, from 2016 to 2021, our charitable donors and benefactors, both current and potential, are assured that the PCS will continue to indulge in cancer prevention and control programs that will directly benefit the intended target publics with funds spent prudently and efficiently to as many recipients as possible.
The trust and confidence of our esteemed contributors can only be matched by our passionate and steadfast determination to achieve our mission, goals and objectives for the next half-decade and in more years to come. Our sincere appreciation, gratitude and salute go to all of you.
Maraming salamat po!
RACHAEL MARIE B. ROSARIO, M.D. Executive Director 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES & OFFICERS
PCS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Standing, Left to right: Dr. Jose Sandejas, Mr. Francisco Eizmendi, Mr. Virgilio Peña, Dr. Alberto Roxas, Dr. Kelly Salvador, Dr. Gloria Cristal-Luna, Dr. Cecilia Llave, Atty. Enrique Perez and Dr. Conrado Lorenzo. Sitting from left to right: Dr. Rachael Rosario, Dr. Angela Crisostomo, Dr. Roberto Paterno, Mr. Antonio Ma. Guerrero and Dr. Corazon Ngelangel (Inset photo is Mrs. Emily Abrera)
Chairman of the Board Roberto M. Paterno, Ph.D. is a consultant at the Manila Electric Company. He is also treasurer of the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation, independent director of Concrete Aggregates, Corp. as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Vice Chairman is Mr. Antonio Ma. Guerrero who is director emeritus of Energizer Philippines and held various positions as board chairman of Philippine Aerosol Container Corp. and Energizer Philippines; managing director of Eveready Singapore; president of Union Carbide Indonesia; area manager of Union Carbide Eastern Hongkong, and; gen. manager of the consumer products division of Union Carbide Phils. He is currently chairman and president of Everest Academy. (Dr. Paterno passed away on October 2, 2016. Vice Chairman Mr. Guerrero assumed his position.) Corazon A. Ngelangel, M.D. is president and concurrently the head of the medical oncology sections of UP- Philippine General Hospital and Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center. She is also director of the Asian Hospital and Medical Center’s Asian Cancer Institute. A professior at the UP-College of Medicine, Dr. Ngelangel is past president of Philippine Society of Medical Oncologists and currently the Philippine representative to the Asia Breast Cancer Cooperative Group. She is a recent awardee of the Philippine College of Physician’s (PCP) Most Distinguished Physician Award as well as PCP Exemplar in Healthcare Advocacy. Vice President Atty. Enrique D. Perez was a former general counsel, corporate secretary, senior EVP and CEO of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. A De Witt Fellow and Fullbright scholar of the University of Michigan Law School, he was honored by the Legal Management Council of the Phils. with its Outstanding Leadership and Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Management award. He is currently Vice President for Internal Affairs of Diabetes Center Phils. Jose S. Sandejas, Ph.D., who is PCSI’s treasurer, is also chairman and president of Professional Managers, Inc.; and chairman of the following institutions: Diversified Holdings, Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, PAREF School Foundation, MFI Foundation and St. Scholastica College. He is also director or trustee of Marubeni Research and Scholarship Foundation, East West Bank, Environmental Science for Social Change Foundation, Philippine Institute for Pure and Applied Chemistry, Alliance for the Family Foundation and member of the UAP School of Engineering Development Board. Assistant Treasurer Virgilio L. Peña is also the Chairman of Altius Phils. and director of Everest Academy, a Catholic international school at Bonifacio Global City. Mr. Peña He was the former president and general manager 6 BOARD OF TRUSTEES & OFFICERS of IBM Philippines. Mr. Peña also held various government positions such as Undersecretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications and chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT). He is also former Senior Private Sector Adviser for the E-Governance for Efficiency and Effectiveness - a CIDA funded project of Bearing Point from 2007 -2008. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Other members of the PCSI Board of Trustees include:
Ms. Emily Altomonte-Abrera, chair emeritus of McCann WorldGroup Phils., who is also board chairman of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Children’s Hour Phils. She is also president of the Foundation for Communicatin Initiatives.
Dr. Angela U. Crisostomo is chairperson of the Department of Radiology of the San Beda College of Medicine as well as consultant on breast care clinics and mammography units of Makati Medical Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute and Cardinal Santos Medical Center. She is presently president of the Diagnostic Breast Imaging Society of the Philippines, the Faculty Association of San Beda College and a former consultant on Breast Imaging in Malaysia. Dr. Cristal-Luna is president-elect of the Cancer Congress of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society (ACOS).
Gloria Cristal-Luna, M.D., is the current section chief of medical oncology of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute. An active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Luna is also a certified member of both the Europran Society of Medical Oncology and the Asian Clinical Oncology Society. She is currently the president of the Molecular Oncology Society of the Philippines. She was editor of the Philippine Handbook of Clinical Oncology.
Mr. Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr., former president of manufacturing giant San Miguel Corporation, is also chairman of Dearborn Motors Company and president of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia. Eizmendi is independent director of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Sun Life Grepa Financial and Makati Finance. He is also a Fellow and former president of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Jaime Galvez-Tan, M.D. served as Secretary of the Department of Health and is now a professor at the UP- College of Medicine and chairman of Health Futures Foundation, Inc. Dr. Galvez-Tan was a former chairman of the National Institute of Health and regional adviser for UNICEF.
Cecilia Lladines-Llave, M.D. is the director of the Cervical Cancer Prevention Network and president of the Philippine Society of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy. She was formerly chairman of the UP-PGH Cancer Institute and immediate president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of the Philippines.
Conrado Llanes-Lorenzo, Jr., M.D. is past president of the PCS and former chancellor of the UP-Manila. Dr. Lorenzo is a consultant of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department of the Makati Medical Center. Dr. Lorenzo was also past president of the Philippine Center for Population and Development.
Alberto B. Roxas, M.D. is a practicing surgeon at UP-PGH, Manila Doctors Hospital and the AFP Medical Center. Dr. Roxas is also chairman of the Technical Committee on Medical Education of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and chairs the ethics committee of the Philippine College of Surgeons. He was former dean of the UP College of Medicine.
Kelly S. Salvador, M.D. is general manager of Springfield Breast Care Center and serves as trustee of Kythe and Hospice Philippines. He is also president of Windsor International Maritime Clinic, CEO of Ace Asia Medical Gateway Corp. and Corporate Secretary of SHIP, Inc.
Corporate Secretary and Executive Director Rachael Marie B. Rosario, M.D. was the 2011 Global Cancer Ambassador of the Philippines to the American Cancer Society. She is an associate clinical professor of the UP- PGH as well as medical consultant of the Supportive, Hospice and Palliative Care Section of the Department of Family and Community Medicine of the same medical facility. Dr. Rosario is currently a vice president of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Council of the Philippines. 7 Council of Advisers
Francisco C. Delgado Tomas V. Apacible Imelda O. Cojuangco Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. Rodrigo V. Delos Roberto F. De Ocampo Chairman Emeritus (January to May 2016) Reyes
Francisco G. Dizon, Ernesto O. Domingo, Don M. Ferry, Consul Helen M. Ong Priscilla J. Tablan, M.D. Antonio H., Villalon, M.D. M.D. Js.D. M.D. Committees
Executive Committee: Roberto M. Paterno, PhD Education & Information: Antonio Ma. J. Guerrero Resource Generation: Emily A. Abrera - Chair Corazon A. Ngelangel, MD Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr. - Chair Corazon A. Ngelangel, MD – Co- Atty. Enrique D. Perez Emily A. Abrera Chair Jose S. Sandejas, PhD Jaime Galvez-Tan, MD Gloria Cristal-Luna, MD Atty. Enrique D. Perez Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr. Jose S. Sandejas, PhD Cecilia L. Llave, MD Finance Committee: Kelly S. Salvador, MD Virgilio L. Peña Jose S. Sandejas, PhD – Chair Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr. Membership & Chapters Antonio Ma. Guerrero Committee Virgilio L. Peña Cecilia L. Llave, MD – Chair Kelly S. Salvador, MD Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr. Patient Services: Jaime Galvez-Tan, MD Corazon A. Ngelangel, MD - Chair Atty. Enrique D. Perez Antonio Ma. J. Guerrero Personnel Committee: Kelly S. Salvador, MD Angela U. Crisostomo, MD Enrique D. Perez – Chair Gloria Cristal-Luna, MD Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr. IT & Website Committee Jaime Galvez-Tan, MD Antonio Ma. Guerrero Virgilio L. Peña – Chair Conrado Ll. Lorenzo, Jr., MD Virgilio L. Peña Emily A. Abrera Cecilia L. Llave. MD Gloria Cristal-Luna, MD Alberto B. Roxas, MD Cecilia L. Llave, MD Procurement & Property Jose S. Sandejas, PhD Committee Kelly S. Salvador, MD Atty. Enrique D. Perez – Chair Virgilio L. Peña ASCF Executive Committee Cancer Registry: Jose S. Sandejas, PhD Corazon A. Ngelangel, MD Angela U. Crisostomo, MD - Chair Kelly S. Salvador, MD Jose S. Sandejas, PhD Jaime Galvez-Tan, MD Alberto B. Roxas, MD
Chairman of the Board, President and Executive Director are ex-officio members of all Committees. 8 PCS - Manila Cancer Registry
he PCS-Manila Cancer Registry (MCR) is a population-based cancer registry that covers the cities of Manila, Pasay, Caloocan and Quezon City. It works closely with the Department Tof Health’s Rizal Cancer Registry and the DOST-Philippine Council for Research Health and Development in collaborative efforts for baseline data on incidence and mortality of cancer cases.
The areas covered by the two registries are used for the publication of the Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates every five years. This manual is the country’s basis for the Philippine burden on cancer.
Program planners and stakeholders on cancer prevention and control use the PCS- MCR publications in crafting their respective plans against cancer.
These registries also submit data to the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC) for inclusion in the publication Cancer Incidence in Five Continents after passing stringent standards on data quality and validity.
This international effort presents its information based on about 12 million cancer cases from 300 population areas in Excerpt from PCS-MCR Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates 60 countries around the world that represents about 11% of the total global population. The latest statistics in the Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates list breast, lung, colon/rectum, liver, cervix uteri, prostate, leukemia, thyroid, stomach and ovary as the top ten cancers and covering about 73% of all cancers combined.
Cancers associated with smoking, liver cancer and cervical cancer are preventable. Most other cancers can be cured, if detected early. PCS-MCR visitor from WHO-IARC in 2016 was Dr. Freddie Bray (left) 9 Advocacy
r. Priscilla J. Tablan, PCS Council of Advisers member, is feted for her D long years of service as tobacco control advocate. Likewise, DOH Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial received an award for her sterling efforts in tobacco control. The Graphic Health Warning Law took full effect in July, 2016.
Courtesy call to then Senate Health Committee Chair Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
De La Salle University communications students launched the “Cervivor” campus tour on cervical cancer prevention awareness. The Cervivor progam has its own Facebook account and invites schools to hold their respective Cervivor activities. 10 Education & Information
ducation and information activities of the PCS focused on the primary E advocacy message “Cancer can be prevented. Cancer can be cured, if detected early.” This message is developed and promoted through the quad media (TV, radio, print and social media) with the help of partners from the country’s giant media networks, speaking engagements by members of PCS’ Speakers Bureau, public and stakeholder conferences and summits, collaterals such as pamphlets and flyers and other communications tools. Even medical missions or cancer screening activities hold cancer information Staunch cancer control advocate is Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte sessions to reinforce the importance of who continues to support cancer lectures and cancer screening activities regular screenings. in all 142 barangays, particularly in depressed communities. In 2016, more than 30 education and information activities were held. Regular corporate venues include the Land Bank of the Philippines, Social Security System, the GMA and UNTV media networks, and others. Requests for cancer lectures can be scheduled through tel. nos. 7342126 or 7333486 or at PCS email address pcsi@philcancer. org.ph.
PCS Speakers Bureau member Dr. Martha Umali lectures on hospice and palliative care.
Special events are also targetted to educate the public on cancer information. These include the celebration of National Cancer Consciousness Week in January, World Cancer Day in February and during cancer awareness months; the Avon Pink Day lecture series for breast cancer; radio and TV guestings; corporate health seminars; campus tours and school affairs; trade fairs and exhibits; and others.
Outdoor video showing on “Health and Wellness” in a remote community. 11 Education & Information
acebook, the new phenomena in online social networking, has been connected F the PCS to the “netizens world.” With a dedicated administor at the helm, the PCS Facebook account has been updated and real-time replies, likes and shares increased online traffic. Common among netizens’ comments include the video “Mura Yosi, Mahal Sakit,” inquiries on different types of cancers and requests for medical and financial assistance. The PCS FB page also posts advertorials, graphic warnings, illustrations and picture- based reminders on advocacies like healthy lifestyle, anti-smoking and cancer prevention. It also has a Donate button to direct prospective donors on how to make a donation to the PCS programs and projects. Recently, the DLSU Organization Communi- cations students developed the Cervivor Facebook page titled “For Her Only” which tar- gets young campus students on how to prevent and early detect cervical cancer. More EI Lectures posts
12 Patient Services
he Philippine Cancer Society ventured into another T pioneering project last year with the launching of its Mobile Clinic that offers Acetic Acid Wash (AAW) with Cryotherapy treatment and Clinical Breast Examination (CBE).
The CBE and AAW are the primary early screening procedures for breast cancer and cervical cancer, respectively, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for low-resourced settings like the Philippines.
Patients that undergo CBE with positive findings are further evaluated at the PCS Clinic or enrolled under the Society’s Patient Navigation Program (PNaP). Likewise, pre- cancerous lesions found during AAW are treated with cryotherapy. Positive findings for cervical cancer are also referred to the PCS’ Patient Navigation Program for further evaluation and treatment.
The Mobile Clinic was made possible through the generous efforts of Victory Liner and the Best Dressed Women of the Philippines (BDWP) which also provides for the operations and maintenance of the Clinic.
13 Patient Services
he Philippine Cancer Society’s Patient Navigation Program (PNaP) continued to provideT services from diagnostic, treatment and palliative/hospice care assistance to cancer patients in 2016.
With the program’s mission of “breaking barriers to health care”, the Patient Navigators empower patients and their families to have access to medical and psycho-social care.
The PCS’ Patient Navigation
Continuous training of PNAP personnel and nurses. Program has two main services and access sites. The central PCS-PNAP caters to various types of cancers while the other services focused on the treatment of early stage breast cancer patients.
The latter program called Breast Cancer Medicine Access Program (BCMAP) is a partnership between PCS and the Department of Health.
Partner hospitals include the UP-Philippine General Hospital, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, East Avenue Medical Center, Rizal Medical Center, Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center, Bicol Regional Teaching and Training Hospital and the Davao Regional Patients Orientation into the PCS PNaP. Hospital in Tagum City
BCMAP has enrolled about 4,000 breast cancer patients since it started in late 2011. About 62% of these patients have completed their chemotherapy. The Central PCS PNAP has enrolled about 800 patients.
Top five cancer cases being assisted are breast, colorectal, cervical, ovarian and lymphomas. These cases comprised of about 80% of the total patients being “navigated” by PCS. Overall, about 3,360 cancer patients have been assisted by the Philippine Cancer Society Patient Navigation Program since its launch in PNaP Navigator Analie Ostares checking Patients Log of Alloted Chemotherapy Medicine for recording to PCS database. 2010. 14 Patient Services
he PCS free Consultation and Referral Clinic is open every Wednesdays, from T 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. with a volunteer medical specialist endorsing patients with suspicious findings to PCS partner diagnostic centers (digital mammography, biopsy, colonoscopy, etc.) for further evaluation.
The PCS mobile screening for breast, cervical and prostate cancers in low-resource settings also produced candidates for Patient Navigation Program. Other enrollees come from referrals of partner hospitals, cancer centers, oncologists and local government units.
The PCS also holds specialized training seminars for health workers and medical professionals on hospice and palliative care.
The PCS also sits as member of the Technical Working Group (TWG) that recommends to appropriate government agencies (DOH, Dangerous Drugs Board, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, etc.) on the supply, distribution and disposition of pain medicine for hospice and palliative care.
The PCS takes an active role in the DOH Hospice and Palliative Program where the Executive Director represents the Society in the Technical Working Group with other co-officers of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Council of the Philippines.
The Patient Services Unit also provides cancer screening and diagnostic tests for communities and workplaces where patients with suspicious or positive findings are enrolled into the Patient Navigation Program.
15 Resource Generation
n celebration of 2016 World Cancer Day, the PCS, together with the Best Dressed I Women of the Philippines (BDWP) awardees held a Videoke Night and Gift-giving titled, “Rock N’ Roll” at the UP-PGH Cancer Institute auditorium for cancer patients admitted at the medical facility.
A combination of beautiful elegance and compassionate kindness exemplified by the Best Dressed Women of the Phillippines awardees. (L-R, standing, Hazel Zuellig, Eny Alba, Grace Gobing, Dr. Elsie Pascua and Danda Garcia with (sitting) David Zuellig.
UP-PGH Cancer Institute Dr. Jorge Ignacio gave his own rendition of a Marco Sison ballad.
Mr. David Zuellig, Men of Exemplary Influence awardee, giving tokens (left) while a cancer patient belts out his favorite tune (right). 16 Resource Generation 2016 Best Dressed Women of the Philippines
he PCS’ Best Dressed Women of the A major portion of the funds raised by the Philippines (BDWP) Gala Night remains BDWP go directly to patients’ assistance through T to be one of the top go-to events for the the Society’s Patient Navigation Program, for country’s creme de la creme as the event does their treatment and other medical needs. not only promise beauty and elegance but The BDWP also helps in the operations of the rather benevolent and compassionate souls Cancer Screening Bus which provides cervical who are mindful of the noble cause of this anti- and breast cancer checkups with cryotherapy cancer institution. facility.
Left photo shows the BDWP Selection and Organizing Committee headed by Consul Helen Ong while bottom photo is the 2016 medical mission undertaken by the BDWP awardees in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
17 Resource Generation
elay for Life in the Philippines was For 2016, an unprecedented three Relays for started in 2004 by PCS as a venue Life were held - Quezon City with RFL Chairman R where anti-cancer stakeholders Mayor Herbert Bautista, Marikina City with “Celebrate life, Remember those lost to cancer, Mayor Del de Guzman and Antipolo City with and Fight the disease. It is an American Cancer Mayor Casimiro Ynares III. Society franchised event both for the purpose of More RFLs are being planned to be held, raising funds and promoting the PCS advocacy. particularly in the provinces.
Mayor Del de Guzman Marikina City
Mayor Casimiro Ynares III Antipolo City
18 Resource Generation
Mayor Herbert Bautista Quezon City
Corporate donors visit the PCS Manila office to personally hand over their donations like Fact Set Corp. (left) and GNW Club Shares, Inc. (right). Receiving their checks are Resource Generation head Ms. Zenaida Avila and Exec.Dir. Dr. Rachael Rosario (right). 19 PCS in Action
courtesy call to DOH Undersecretary Director Dr. Rachael Rosario. for Technical Services Dr. Gerardo The visit focused on the DOH-PCS partnership A Bayugo was made by top PCS officials for the Patient Navigation Program and the PCS led by President Dr. Corazon Ngelangel, with Manila Cancer Registry and other future Trustee Dr. Angela Crisostomo and Executive collaborations and concerns.
ev. Fr. Albert Alejo of the Society of The seminar-workshop aimed to familiarize Jesuits conducted the “Ehem! Self-Check the participants on the culture of graft and RSeminar-Workshop in Combatting corruption besides providing avenues and Corruption” for PCS employees as part of the serious reflection that either reinforce or latter’s training and development. prevent corruption in the workplace. 20 PCS in Action
he PCS received its Certificate of Accreditation from the T Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) after passing the standards for good governance, management and accountability. Good for another five years, the Certificate also serves as a “Seal of Good Housekeeping” to which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) based its grant to PCS its Registration as a Donee Institution for the same period of 2016 until 2021.
The second installment of the charity performance of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) at the UP-Philippine General Hospital Atrium was again sponsored by the PCS with Maestro Olivier Ochanine (bottom photo) at the baton. The one-hour musical extravaganza was also made possible by CCP Trustee Nick Lizaso with the support of UP-PGH Cancer Institute head Dr. Jorge Ignacio. “Music truly heals,” says UP- PGH director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi as the world-class ensemble reverberated through the halls of the country’s biggest medical facility.
Camarines Norte Health Officer Marilou de la Cruz visited the PCS office to discuss a cancer advocacy program for the province. 21 PCS Staff MANAGING OFFICE
RACHAEL MARIE B. ROSARIO, M.D. Executive Director SHIELA A. DY Administrative Officer MAE FRANCESCA V. BALBAS Administrative Assistant ADORACION ARELITO Cashier EXTRAMIND GLOBAL OUTSOURCING Accounting Firm
PATIENT NAVIGATION ROMEO MARCAIDA Project Director ANALIE OSTARES GRACE UY CATHY ORLANDA ARVIN DEMAIN ARMI ISAAC LALAINE CRUZ
MANILA CANCER REGISTRY ELLEN SANTOS Supervisor
SIONY ALCOS DENCY ORENGO MARISOL MIRASOL LINDA ABRIS LYDIA NAVARRO JOSEPHINE ISLA RESOURCE GENERATION ZENAIDA AVILA Consultant TERESITA UMALI RG Assistant EDUCATION & INFORMATION ALEX O. ASUNCION UTILITY / TRANSPORT ARNOLD DIMAPLAS ARNOLD DOCTOLERO ALEX GARCIA LARRY SISON EDGARDO MAGNATE
PCS Staff Teambuilding and Spiritual Retreat in Tanay, Rizal 22 Members & Partners
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines International Partners / Affiliates Private Groups American Cancer Society Asia Pacific Hospice Network 7th Power 213, Inc. Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance AAI Charity Foundation International Agency for Research on Cancer A. Soriano Corporation International Association of Cancer Registries ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation International Union Against Cancer American Wire and Cable Co., Inc. World Health Organization Andres Soriano Foundation Asian Chemical Corporation Government Institutions / Agencies Atty. Eugenia Marfori-Celi Foundation Avon Philippines Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center AXA Philippines Bicol Regional Teaching and Training Hospital Ayala Corporation East Avenue Medical Center Ayala Land, Inc. Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Balikbayan Handicrafts Lung Center of the PhilippinesS Bank of Commerce National Kidney and Transplant Institute Belco Marketing National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. Brother International Rizal Medical Center Cats Motors, Inc. St. Luke’s Medical Center China Banking Corporation UP-Philippine General Hospital Citadel Corporation UP-PGH Department of Family and Community Citadel Holdings, Inc. Medicine Columbian Auto Car Corporation UP-PGH Cancer Institute Concepcion Paterno Memorial Foundation Dangerous Drugs Board Czarina Department of Budget and Management East West Bank Department of Education Euromode Department of Environment and Natural Resources First Philippine Holdings Corp. Department of Health Fookien Times Yearbok Publishing Co., Inc. Department of Labor and Employment - Occupational Furnitalia Safety and Health Center GMA Network, Inc. Department of Science and Technology Gardenia Bakeries (Phils.), Inc. DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Gateway Property Holdings, Inc. Development Go Soc & Sons Siy Gui Huat, Inc. Metro Manila Development Authority Great & Bountiful Blessings, Inc. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Guerrero Publishing Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Health Justice Philippine International Trading Corp. Hon. Feliciano R. Belmonte Presidential Communications Operations Office Iglesia ni Kristo Social Security System Imelda O. Cojuangco City of Manila Local Government Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd. League of Cities of the Philippines Investment Capital Corporation of the Philippines League of Municipalities of the Philippines Jaka Investment League of Provinces of the Philippines JD Sehwani Foundation Liga ng mga Barangay JEFCON for Social Progress Foundation Quezon City Local Government Jollibee Foundation QC Mayor Herbert Bautista KPMG Manabat and San Agustin and Co., CPAs QC Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte Land Bank of the Philippines Taguig City Local Government Landmark Commercial Center 23 Members & Partners
Magsaysay Lines, Inc. Cancer Fighters Manila Bulletin Corp. Cancer Resource and Wellness (Carewell) Center Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) Child Haus Megaworld Foundation I Can Serve Foundation Megaworld Properties and Holdings Kasuso Support Group Metrobank Foundation Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation Meralco Employees Fund for Charity, Inc. Manila Doctors Cancer Crusaders Club Mercury Drug Corporation Munting Paraiso Support Group Mr. Joe Ledesma National Hospice and Palliative Care Council of the Nestle Phils. Inc. Philippines Pacific Paint (Phils.), Inc. PCS Baguio-Benguet Cancer Society Philamlife Foundation PCS Davao Cancer Society Philippine American Life Assurance Co. PGH Hema Onco Support Group Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. PGH Lymphoma Support Group Philippine National Oil Company PGH Hema Onco Support Group Philippine Nurses Association Salvation Army Philippine Star St. Luke’s Medical Center Patients’ Forum Pilipino Star Publishing Tropang Tropo Support Group Planters Bank Ostomy Association of the Philippines Ponciano Marquez Foundation Palcare Volunteer Group Procter & Gamble, Inc. Petals of Hope Prudential Guarantee Assurance, Inc. Philippine Society of Hospice and Family Medicine Reyes Haircutters The Carewell Community Robinson’s Land San Miguel Corporation Medical Associations / Societies Shaw Foundation SM Foundation Pain Society of the Philippines SM Mart, Inc. Philippine College of Chest Physicians SM Prime Holdings Philippine College of Physicians Smart Communications Philippine College of Surgeons Sterling Gifts, Inc. Philippine Diabetes Association Store Specialists, Inc. Philippine Heart Association Sytengco Foundation Philippine Hospitals Association Unilever Phils., Inc. Philippine Medical Association Unipipe Philippines Philippine Nurses Association’ United Daily News Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society United Laboratories, Inc. Philippine Oncology Nurses Association Whealth, Inc. Philippine Pharmaceutical Association Wilcon Builders Supply Philippine Radiologic Oncology Society Zuellig Pharma Corporation Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Philippine Society of Gastroenterology Cancer Support / Hospice and Palliative Care Philippine Society of Hospital Pharmacists Groups Philippine Society of Medical Oncology Philippine Society of Oncologists Aruga (JRMMC) Philippine Society of Pathologists Ayala Alabang Hospice Care Foundation Philippine Society of Pediatric Oncology Bosom Buddies Philippine Society of Urologic Oncology Philippine Foundation for Breast Cancer Philippine Urological Association Best Friends of PGH Society of Gynecologic Oncology of the Philippines Can Survive
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