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Section 4Sec./Art. 4
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National Integrated Cancer Control Program. - There is hereby established a National Integrated Cancer Control Program which shall serve as the framework for all cancer-related activities of the government. The program shall have the following objectives:
(a) Decrease the overall mortality and impact of all adult and childhood cancer;
(b) Lessen the incidence of preventable cancer in adults and children;
(c) Prevent cancer recurrence, metastasis and secondary cancer among survivors and people living with cancer;
(d) Provide timely access to optimal cancer treatment and care for all cancer patients;
(e) Make cancer treatment and care more affordable and accessible;
(f) Improve the experience of cancer treatment and care of patients and families;
(g) Support the recovery and reintegration to society of cancer survivors; and
(h) Eliminate various forms of burden on patients, people living with cancer, survivors and their families.
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