On October 7, 2013, a visit group composed of Chairman of Philippine Medical Association LEO O. OLARTE, MD, Assistant ANDRES REYES, MD, Interior Assistant DENNIS DE GUZMAN, MD, Executive MICHAEL RAYMOND ARAGON, MD, and Chairman of Bulacan Medical Association JOCELYN GOMEZ visited Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou to have exchange and discussion on international advanced cancer treatment technology in a purpose to strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the Philippines and the hospital. President of the hospital Mr. Wang Huaizhong, vice president Mr. Chen Bing and other leaders of the hospital extended a warm welcome and expressed their best wishes to the visit group.

Philippine Medical Association delegation and Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou leaders

To promote friendship development through communication and exchange

To promote the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, the hospital held a greeting meeting for the delegation, wherein president Wang Huaizhong made a comprehensive introduction of the hospital’s overall strength to the visitors. He said, as an international medical institution, Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou mainly accepts cancer patients from all over the world. It has set up offices successively in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, and so on. The hospital has had over 600 employees and gives over 500,000 out-patient consultations annually, among which more than 6000 are cancer patients from overseas.

Philippine Medical Association delegation and leaders of Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou on the exchanging meeting

Philippine Medical Association delegation was visiting the hospitalized patients

*Surgery, in addition to the appropriate chemotherapy and radiotherapy, are effective in treating early cancer, but certain patients in late stage of cancer may not be tolerate surgery well as they can be relatively weak. A combination of carefully planned minimally invasive therapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy can effectively reduce the side effects and discomfort of treatment and may help patient get better efficacy.