ICanServe and partners bring #OKtoberPH to local communities

ICanServe Foundation partners with the Philippine Society of Oncology for #OKtoberPH, a multi-venue breast cancer forum for the benefit of local communities. Breast cancer screening through clinical breast examination will be conducted in select sites.

ICanServe founding president and head of Advocacy Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala says, “We’re doing this to scale up our efforts at promoting early breast cancer detection. By doing the event together with people who share the same cause, we are hoping we become louder. And with each passing year, it would be harder to ignore our message.”

Supporting #OKtoberPH are the following sponsors: Philippine Daily Inquirer; Metro Manila Development Authority; Metro Manila Mayors’ Spouses Foundation Inc.; Gift2Life; Green Bulb Public Relations; Hi Precision Diagnostics; Philips; Unilab; and at least 24 partners have signed up for the event to be held mostly on October 8 in various regions of the country.

Actors Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano, known for their ABS-CBN hit TV-series Forevermore that aired early this year, volunteered to advocate #OKtoberPH and its message, “Early Breast Cancer Detection is your Best Protection.” They would like to encourage women of all ages to follow the early breast cancer detection guidelines: At age 20, conduct a monthly breast self-examination (BSE): At age 30, conduct a monthly BSE and submit yourself to a clinical breast examination (CBE) by a trained health worker or medical professional; At age 40, conduct a monthly BSE, go for a CBE, and get a baseline mammogram.