KANSER:

Kaya Natin ‘To!

What do you C?
What does C mean to you?
 National Cancer
Consciousness Week
Every 3rd Week of January
• CANCER is a major public health
threat worldwide. It is a killer
disease when not detected early,
poses burden on patient, families
and communities.
National Cancer Consciousness Week
focuses on the:

• Avoidance of exposure to the risk factors of

chronic diseases namely: physical inactivity,
improper diet and nutrition, smoking and use
of alcohol

• Early detection through screening of high risks

individual is the primary concern to halt the
progress of the disease.
 World Health
Organization
(WHO) projects
that the number of
new cancer cases is
expected to
increase by about
70% globally in the
next 20 years.
70%
11
New cases of
Cancer daily
7 Adults die
every hour

8 Children die
daily
Top 10 Common
Cancers in the
Philippines
 10
Non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma
 9
Prostate
Cancer
 8
Ovarian
Cancer
 7
Rectal
Cancer
6
Thyroid
Cancer
5
Colon
Cancer
4
Cervical
Cancer
3 Liver Cancer
2Lung
Cancer
1
Breast
Cancer
B e physically active
E at balanced meals
A void stress

T ests or Early Detection

CANCER
 Practice
gratitude daily
Meditate daily
Make time for family and
friends
 Women
• Breast (BSE, Clinical BSE, mammo)
• Cervical (Pap smear, VIA)
 Men
• Prostate (DRE)
 Both
• Lung
• Liver
• Colorectal
 Philhealth Benefit
• Primary package 1
• Benefit z
We are not alone in fighting cancer
• PCSO
• Other orgs
• Phil Cancer Society
 GOOD
CHOICES =
GOOD
HEALTH