Adopt A Project / Adopt A Room

The 'Adopt a Project / Adopt a Room' is a campaign strategy that supports the programs of the Cancer Institute through the Cancer Institute Foundation. It was conceived primarily to address the needs of the Institute to improve on its physical appearance. The Andres Soriano Foundation and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), together with other patrons, friends, government and private organizations, bring to reality the vision of quality health care in all aspects of treatment for both in- and outpatients of the Philippine General Hospital – Cancer Institute.


Playground donated by the CIF President, Mr. Antonio Perez
  Alay Chemo sa CI

This extends financial assistance via provision of chemotherapeutic drugs, radiation needs and surgical treatment for indigent patients of the Cancer Institute of the Philippine General Hospital. It is funded through the kindness of various individuals and in collaboration with other organizations.



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  Oplan Balik RT

The program offers quality radiation care to cancer patients. Radiotherapy units—wards, pay suites, operating room, and nurses' station—in the hospital have recently been renovated (c/o UPMASA, PAGCOR, the Bureau of Customs, and individual sponsors) to benefit both the patient and the attending medical staff in generating a conducive therapeutic milieu.

  Cancer Prevention through Early Detection

The Cancer Detection Clinic at the ground floor of the CI, open Wednesdays, 8:00 am–12:00 noon, sees both new symptomatic patients as well as undiagnosed, at-risk patients. The screening hub was designed to be a one-stop facility implementing the Single Visit Approach (SVA). SVA is being advocated as an efficient and effective strategy to prevent cervical cancer in the low resource setting, ensuring patient work-up compliance, early diagnosis and better treatment.

In the near future, the clinic will also be accommodating novice patients and referrals from all other specialties, in accordance to how it has been originally envisioned to become.

  Breast Care

With breast cancer becoming one of the emerging problems in the Philippines today, the Multidisciplinary Team for Breast Care led by the PGH Surgical Oncology Unit began and continues to provide services, training and research in partnership with the Avon Philippines-Philippine Cancer Society in the prevention and treatment of the disease.



Clinic Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:00 am–4:00 pm; Wednesday: 9:00 am–12 noon.
  Cervical Cancer Prevention

Organizations from the private and public sectors, including health professionals, formed an alliance to express and sustain their commitment to eliminate cervical cancer among Filipino women through primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. The Cervical Cancer Prevention Network offers a wide variety of prevention strategies: from lay lectures and cancer awareness publicities, holding clinics at major key points in the country, healthy lifestyle and wellness activities, journal clubs, counseling of newly diagnosed patients, and advocacies in cancer research to further collaboration with other networks to the advancement of information and policy-making on the fight against cervical cancer.

  Oncological Research

The Global Health Impact Scholar program aims to build greater international collaboration within the field of cancer. This program of the Cancer Institute Foundation for the Cancer Institute, University of the Philippines - Philippines General Hospital was established in 2009 following the International Activity for Health collaboration with Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine. The program recruits student leaders and supports them in their research endeavors and learning pursuits.

  Continuing Medical Education

The Foundation gives organized seminars and lectures in cooperation with the Cancer Institute's Tumor Board, called the Continuing Medical Education (CME). This provides education to graduates in the medical field, undergraduates and the lay, and invites specialists to update health providers on the latest trends in the prevention and control of cancer diseases. The services are available to everyone with special emphasis on the medically underserved. In this way it achieves its vision to reduce the incidence and mortality of cancer in the Philippines.
  Feeding the Body, Mind and Spirit

Every Wednesday, cancer patients get their fill of sumptuously hot rice porridge from Mrs. Trinidad Co. The Dietary Department of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) also provides nutritional support to patients of the Cancer Institute by preparing nourishing meals during their confinement and by being part of workshops as resource speakers on living a healthy lifestyle for the CI patients.



Also, every second Tuesday of the month from 2001 to 2005 here at the Cancer Institute, the Hari Om Tat Sat Hermitage rendered free Reiki services for patients, their family members and health staff. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.



With the vision to provide sanctuaries for the sick, especially cancer patients, their families and care givers, that they may be healed, not only physically, but also spiritually, the Osewa (meaning, "caring for you") Healing Gardens Club—in addition to its initial project of sprucing up the different gardens within and surrounding the Cancer Institute—also holds "healing workshops" in visual and performing arts, meditation, music therapy, aroma therapy, exercise, yoga, dance, look-good-feel-good programs, horticulture and story-telling.

  Patient Caregiver Social Assistance

The Dito Po Magtanong information room acts not only as a concierge but also as a social service area where patients and their bantays literally have "someone to talk to" and "shoulders to cry on". This special unit is manned by Sinag Volunteers gratis de amore, led by Mrs. Ma. Lourdes Periquet, Mrs. Caridad Sevilla and Mrs. Helen Tan.