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SURVIVOR

Neurologist Socorro Martinez talks about her battle with breast cancer--and realizes the battle goes beyond the physical level.. [More]

In Focus

Center Stage

Knowing what stage a malignancy is in is often helpful, although there are also problems associated with it. Cancer surgeon Reynaldo Joson explains. [More]

Breathing Again

The management of lung cancer, Dr. Lucio Victor Jr. writes, is recently being enriched with the development of novel therapies. [More]

Brain Storms

Dr. Lucio Victor Jr. talks about the challenges patients and their doctors must face when a malignancy metastasizes in the brain. [More]

"Guided Missiles"

Like state-of-the-art warfare, new anticancer agents are being developed to zero in on specific targets. Dr. Lucio Victor Jr. talks about cancer therapy's new frontier. [More]

Still Sexy

When one is faced with a serious condition like cancer, is sex still possible? Michelle Ciriacruz provides the answer.  [More]

Verse Medicine

The writing and reading of poetry make life less bleak--and even happy--to patients suffering from cancer. By Paul de Guzman.  [More]

Healing House

Claire Agbayani writes about the Tiaong Breast Haven, which offers women with breast cancer a quiet place to recover.  [More]

More Choices

Is there a place for alternative and complementary medicine in the management of cancer patients? Miles Dumalagan finds out.  [More]

Life Matters

Beyond issues of diagnosis and treatment, cancer management must also face a number of practical and even ethical issues. Miles Dumalagan discusses the extramedical side of cancer .  [More]

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