Jo-Ann Camacho “Our lives are always worth the fight!” I thought I was immortal and will never get sick. However, I found out that I was vulnerable as well. I was humbled tremendously. I was on vacation around October 2023 when I felt a hard lump in my right breast...
Marge Jorillo Vice President for Corporate Communications, GSIS Board of Trustees Member and Treasurer, ICanServe Foundation “Totoo pala, your life truly does flash before you.” I found out I had breast cancer in May 2005, thanks to the reddish brown discharge I had...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Survivors Gina Torres Evangelista Jhalyn Mancenido Siwa “To our newly-diagnosed sisters, know that you are not alone.” GINA TORRES EVANGELISTA, Certified Aromatherapist I was diagnosed in March 2009 with Stage IIIC Triple Negative...
Bettina Aboitiz “I almost forget I ever had cancer.” In 2014, during a routine screening, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I didn’t have a lump, no pain, no symptoms. It was just another annual check-up. But that mammogram caught something I never would have found...
Dr. Cecilia R. Montales Executive Assistant for Health, City Government of Taguig Patient Services Committee Chair, ICanServe Foundation Dr. Marie Irene R. Sy Executive Assistant for Health, City Government of Taguig "Cancer reminded us that doctors are not...
ABBYGALE ARENAS DE LEON Certified Image Consultant, Managing Director, Personi-fi Image Studio, Inc. Binibining Pilipinas - Universe 1997 “Small victories matter; celebrate them.” Early detection is a lifesaver — it gives you the best chance to fight and win. I...
MALOU FORES, co-founder and CEO of Mamou “I value and cherish every waking moment that I am blessed with.” If my cancer journey has taught me one thing, it is that nothing is permanent, and that life is determined by the choices and decisions we make for ourselves…...
BIBETH ORTEZA, writer, actor, director, spokesperson and member, board of trustees, ICANSERVE Foundation “I find the humor in my tumor.” I’ve always never given in to despair or sadness — not as a child, not even when I was diagnosed. During my fourth chemo in March...
FRANCES YU, Director, Nena’s Sanctuary Independent Director, Century Pacific Food, Inc. and Shakey’s Pizza Ventures, Inc. “I learned to value life in a way that I did not before.” In everything that happens to me, I try to see and be grateful for the obvious, and also...
Cora and Dr. JC Masangkay Irene Lee and Dr. Chelsea Manalansan Mimi and Dr. David Martin “Our children inspired us to keep fighting. Now that they are doctors, they care for us like no one else can.” We were all diagnosed around 20 years ago, when our children were...