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                    [Title] => Barriers to healthcare access of Pinoy kids with cancer revealed
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Over 200,000 children develop cancer worldwide each year. Eighty percent of these children live in poorer developing countries where less than 10 percent will survive, compared to at least 80 percent survival rate in high-income countries.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950514 [Title] => PETA, PCMC team up to raise cancer awareness [Summary] =>

A story of courage, faith and hope — this is the synopsis of “Munting Saranggola” (Little Kite), a play produced by the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the My Child Matters Philippines at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC), aiming to create widespread awareness about childhood cancer as well as to dispel myths surrounding the disease.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 779856 [Title] => Children with cancer get new building in QC [Summary] =>

A new building is set to rise in Quezon City that will house children stricken in cancer.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 673373 [Title] => After Luzon, 'Step Juan' takes cancer walk to the Visayas [Summary] =>

Last year he walked from Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte to Sorsogon to raise funds for children with cancer. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 437051 [Title] => Healthy active childhood reduces risk of cancer [Summary] =>

In observance of World Cancer Day, the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC), a partner agency of the International Union Against Cancer (IUCC) in the global fight against cancer, recently launched a campaign to raise awareness on childhood cancers throughout the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399629 [Title] => Relieving arthritic pain [Summary] =>

At 62, Ric de los Reyes lives with chronic pain from wrist arthritis. There are a lot of everyday things he just can’t do now. “I can’t open packages or jars or lift a heavy book. Some days I can barely turn the ignition in my car,” he says.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 71748 [Title] => Clanza A safer pain reliever [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1309153 [AuthorName] => Eunice Amorado [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383191 [Title] => 3,500 Pinoy kids develop cancer every year [Summary] => Around 3,500 Filipino children are diagnosed with cancer every year but so much is still left undone to ensure that they get proper treatment and prevent other children from developing the disease, experts said yesterday.

Dr. Ma. Victoria Abesamis, president of the Philippine Society of Pediatric Oncologists (PSPO), said the practice of pediatric oncology in the country is still very young despite the huge number of Filipino children who develop cancer.

She said the PSPO was founded in 2001 with nine original members.
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