Cancer Abatement & Rehabilitation Effort (CARE)
I.
Research
Program – Population-based Cancer Registry
With over forty
years of battling cancer, the Foundation continues to spearhead projects in
cancer treatment and management. The Foundation supports cancer registries whose
primary data and information enable local health infrastructures to map out
current and potential interventions and facilitate the planning of
location-specific cancer control programs.
A.
Bacolod
The Bacolod
Registry, supported by ASF since 2000 in cooperation with the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial
Regional Hospital, remains fully operational despite loss of funding support
from the provincial government in mid-2007 (due to the untimely demise of the Provincial
Governor).
In September
2007, the project received another grant in the amount of P147,000 from the ASF Cancer Fund
supporting its annual operations
B.
Davao
In partnership
with DOH Region 11, ASF tapped Dr. Divina Esteban,
consultant of Manila-Rizal Cancer Registry, to guide 25 participants from
various public hospitals in Davao
in setting up
their own tumor registries in support of the region’s population-based
registry.
II.
Training
& Education
In addition to its
research projects, the Foundation also sponsors training programs that educate
health professional and lay persons regarding the prevention, treatment, and
management of cancer.
A.
The annual Andres Soriano, Jr. Memorial Lecture was
held last September 2007 during the
Asia-Pacific Palliative Care International Conference at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. The lecturer, Dr. Eric Cassel, Clinical
Professor of Public Health at Weil Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer
Center and attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital,
spoke on “Diagnosing Suffering” to an audience of 400 participants from
Asia-Pacific countries.
B.
ASF supported and participated in the National
Conference of Community-based Cancer Care Network, an annual gathering of
cancer support groups made up of professional caregivers, cancer survivors, and
family members, from various parts of the country.
C.
In partnership with the Kapisanan
ng may mga Kanser sa
Pilipinas, the Foundation also supported the first
Sun Camp Project in Talisay City,
Negros Occidental. The camp extended emotional
and psychological support to children who have cancer or whose parents have
been diagnosed with the illness. The camp also provided hands-on training to
caregivers and health workers on how to handle afflicted children.
III.
The UP-PGH
Cancer Institute/Andres Soriano, Jr. Cancer Center
The Foundation
supports the UP-PGH Cancer Institute/Andres Soriano, Jr. Cancer Center, a
pivotal resource center in early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. In
addition to serving its main clientele – indigent cancer patients – the
Institute also provides technical and academic support to practicing
oncologists and professionals in related fields.
A.
ASF secured P479,805 from the
ASF- ASJR Cancer Center Maintenance Fund managed by UP-Manila to repair the 3rd
floor of the Institute, its first major repair activity since its renovation in
1993. The Foundation also funds the
overhead maintenance of the Institute’s Oncology Library.
B.
The Foundation maintains and annually replenishes the
Institute’s “Chemo Fund” which subsidizes the chemotherapy drugs of 30 indigent
cancer patients. Each chemo session may
cost between P5,000 and P10,000.
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