Improving cancer care in the Philippines: The need for deliberate and careful implementation of the National Integrated Cancer Control Act

• Edward Christopher Dee,
• Christian Daniel U Ang,
• Frederic Ivan L Ting,
• Enrico D Tangco,
• Michelle Ann B. Eala

Affiliations

Edward Christopher Dee

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Christian Daniel U Ang

Department of Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Frederic Ivan L Ting

Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Philippines; Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Bacolod, Philippines

Enrico D Tangco

Department of Radiation Oncology, The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines

Michelle Ann B. Eala

College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Corresponding author at: College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.