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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – There are approximately 1,100 new cancer cases diagnosed among Filipinos in the UAE every year, according to a specialist who has been in the country for the past 10 years.“This figure is in general; all types of cancer,” Dr. Mohanad Diab, medical oncology consultant, told GMA News Online.Of this number, approximately 250 are new breast cancer cases diagnosed also annually, Dr. Diab said, adding that majority of these were documented in Dubai, followed by Abu Dhabi.
As for treatment, Dr. Diab said cancer patients are “treated usually with surgery.”“For some, we give chemotherapy. Sometimes we give hormone therapy. It depends on the cancer diagnosis,” he said, adding that breast cancer patients are mainly given hormone therapy that blocks hormones like estrogen and keeps the cancer from growing.“We have immunotherapy .
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