‘Hope and help’: How the Philippines fights to lower breast cancer deaths
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MANILA, Philippines – There’s a bold ambition in global cancer research to eliminate breast cancer as a cause of death.
And it’s this goal that has transformed cancer treatment over the years, even making Stage 4 or metastatic breast cancer — when the cancer has spread to distant organs like the bones, lungs, liver, or brain — more manageable.
“It’s important for people to know that metastatic breast cancer is not a death sentence,” said Dr. Marvin Mendoza, head of medical onco
And it’s this goal that has transformed cancer treatment over the years, even making Stage 4 or metastatic breast cancer — when the cancer has spread to distant organs like the bones, lungs, liver, or brain — more manageable.
“It’s important for people to know that metastatic breast cancer is not a death sentence,” said Dr. Marvin Mendoza, head of medical onco
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