Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Philippine Cancer Center. - There shall be established a Philippine Cancer Center under the control and supervision of the DOH, to be headed by an Executive Director.

Other comprehensive specialty cancer centers shall be designated in high population and high risk areas outside Metro Manila.

The Center shall have the following purposes and objectives:

(a) To ensure strategic alignment with the national cancer control plans and programs;

(b) To provide for accommodation, facilities and medical treatment of patients suffering from cancer, subject to the rules and regulations of the Center;

(c) To promote, encourage and engage in scientific research on the prevention of cancer and the care and treatment of cancer patients and related activities;

(d) To stimulate and underwrite scientific researches on the biological, demographic, social, economic, physiological aspects of cancer, its abnormalities and control; and gather, compile, and publish the findings of such researches for public dissemination;

(e) To encourage and undertake the training of physicians, pathologists, nurses, medical and laboratory technicians, health officers and social workers on the practical and scientific conduct and implementation of cancer health care services, and related activities; and

(f) To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions in their studies of cellular anomalies, including rare cancers to encourage advanced training on matters of, or affecting the human cell, and related fields and to support educational programs of value to general health.