Marilyn Cahatol

School-age girls are accompanied by their and parents and guardians as they receive their Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines at the Makati Coliseum in Makati City on Tuesday. The local government unit of Makati in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Department of Education kicked off its school-based immunization program "Sa Aking Paglaki, Walang HPV" to protect adolescent girls and women from cervical cancer. 
Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175661856789820230613-hpv-vaccination-makati-JC4693.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">School-age girls are accompanied by their and parents and guardians as they receive their Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines at the Makati Coliseum in Makati City on Tuesday. The local government unit of Makati in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Department of Education kicked off its school-based immunization program &quot;Sa Aking Paglaki, Walang HPV&quot; to protect adolescent girls and women from cervical cancer. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><p>MAYNILA — Cervical cancer ang pangalawa sa pinakakaraniwang uri ng cancer sa kababaihang Pilipino.</p><p>Kadalasan itong nagmumula sa impeksiyon ng human papillomavirus (HPV).</p><p>Ayon sa datos ng World Health Organization, halos 7,900 na kaso ng cervical cancer ang naitatala sa Pilipinas taon-taon.  </p><p>Sa buong daigdig, 660,000 kababaihan ang na-diagnose ng cervical cancer noong 2022, samantala 350,000 naman ang namatay, ayon parin sa WHO.</p><p>Ayon sa mga eksperto, madaling lunasan ang HPV infection ngunit marami pa rin ang nagiging kaso nito, na kalauna&#x27;y lumalago bilang cervical cancer sa Pilipinas, dahil sa kulang na kaalaman tungkol dito.</p><div> </div><div><strong>PWEDE RING MAGKAROON NG HPV INFECTION ANG MGA LALAKI </strong></div><p>Hindi lamang kababaihan ang nakararanas ng HPV infection, dumadapo rin ito sa mga kalalakihan. </p><p>Para sa mga lalaki, ang HPV ay maaaring magdulot ng cancer sa anal, penis, at throat. </p><p>Ngunit ayon kay Magnata, mas mataas pa rin ang bilang ng mga namamatay dahil sa cervical cancer kumpara sa mga lalaking namamatay dahil sa mga sakit dulot ng HPV infection. </p><p>Ito ang dahilan kung bakit marami sa mga programa laban HPV ay nakatutok sa mga kababaihan. </p><p>Babae rin ang may mas malaking balakid mula sa pagsasailalim ng screening at gamutan kontra HPV, ani Donna Miranda, project officer ng non-profit organization na JHPIEGO.</p><p>Sabi niya, maraming kababaihan ang hindi nakapagpapa-test para sa HPV at cervical cancer dahil sa doble-dobleng gawain sa trabaho at bahay.</p><p>“It is the conditions that disadvantages us from availing of health,” sabi niya.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/03/08/17/alamin-paano-maiiwasan-ang-cervical-cancer">ALAMIN: Paano maiiwasan ang cervical cancer?</a></div><div> </div><div><strong>MAY LUNAS ANG HPV INFECTION </strong></div><p>Ikinuwento ni Dr. Christia Padolina, Cervical Cancer Elimination program director at city administrator ng Navotas City na nakatatanggap ang UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH) ng mga pasyenteng nasa huling stage ng cervical cancer, at mahirap nang lunasan.</p><p>Ngunit hindi ito dahil sa kawalan ng lunas, kung &#x27;di dahil hindi agad nakita ang sakit bago pa lumala.</p><p>Para kay Ingrid Magnata, JHPIEGO Country Program Manager, kailangan ng nationwide na screening sa HPV at cervical cancer upang maagang ma-detect ang impeksiyon nito sa isang babaeng Pilipino. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/8/24/paano-makakuha-ng-libreng-self-testing-laban-sa-hpv-at-cervical-cancer-1134">Paano makakuha ng libreng self-testing laban sa HPV at cervical cancer sa ilang lungsod?</a></div><p>Ang mga babaeng positibo sa HPV ay maaring sumailalim sa thermal ablation, isang treatment na papatay sa mga cancer cell. Nasa anim hanggang 10 minuto nagtatagal ang thermal ablation, ani Padolina. </p><p>Binigyang-diin naman ni Carmen Auste, global patient advocate at CEO ng Cancer Warriors Foundation, na hindi hadlang ang kahirapan upang hindi malunasan ang cervical cancer. </p><p>“Often times, it’s not so much that they don’t value health, it’s they feel that they are in a helpless situation where if there is not enough of financing support, they will not be able to continue with treatment anyway,” sabi niya. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/8/19/batch-hpv-dna-screening-to-help-eliminate-cervical-cancer-in-ph-experts-1915">Batch HPV DNA screening to help eliminate cervical cancer in PH: experts</a></div><div> </div><div><strong>MAY LIBRE, MURANG GAMOT, PROTEKSIYON PARA SA HPV AT CERVICAL CANCER </strong></div><p>Ilang mga local government ang libreng nagbibigay ng HPV DNA screening, gayundin ng thermal ablation. </p><p>Tumutulong rin ang LGU upang ma-refer sa mga pang-gobyernong ospital ang mga babaeng nakitaan ng cervical cancer, upang mabigyan sila ng agaran at murang lunas.</p><p>Kasama ang PGH at Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center sa Manila sa mga referral hospitals para sa cervical cancer.</p><p>Parte rin ng  mga benepisyo ng YAKAP program ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ang lunas para sa cervical cancer.</p><p>Sa kasalukuyan, nasa P120,000 para sa low dose at P175,000 naman para sa high dose na gamutan para sa mga babaeng may early stage ng cervical cancer ang kino-cover ng PhilHealth.</p><p>Bukod dito, nagbibigay din ang Department of Health (DOH) ng libreng bakuna laban sa HPV para sa mga batang babaeng may edad siyam hanggang 14.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/16/herbosa-doh-to-begin-free-hpv-immunization-for-filipino-girls-1421">Herbosa: DOH to begin free HPV immunization for Filipino girls</a></div><p>Ipinaalala rin ni Carmen Auste, global patient advocate at CEO ng Cancer Warriors Foundation, na labag sa batas ang diskriminasyon sa mga cancer patient sa trabaho. </p><p>“This happens in the workplace where if you’re due for promotion, if they realize that you or a family member has cancer, because they know that it is something that requires extensive support, they will not promote you, they will not send you for training,” sabi niya. </p><p>Bilang pagsunod sa Republic Act No. 11215 o National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA), obligado ang bawat employer na magpatupad ng programa at polisiya para sa pag-kontrol at pag-iwas sa cancer. </p><p>Kasama rin dito ang pagbabawal sa anumang uri ng diskriminasyon sa mga empleyadong may cancer, gayundin ang pagbibigay sa kanila ng mga kinakailangang benepisyo tulad ng dagdag na paid leave bukod pa sa natatanggap ng lahat ng empleyado, flexible work arrangement, at iba pa. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/17/23/i-have-hpv-what-should-i-do">I have HPV. 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<p>Ayon sa mga eksperto, madaling lunasan ang HPV infection ngunit marami pa rin ang nagiging kaso nito, na kalauna'y lumalago bilang cervical cancer sa Pilipinas, dahil sa kulang na kaalaman tungkol dito.</p>

Ayon sa mga eksperto, madaling lunasan ang HPV infection ngunit marami pa rin ang nagiging kaso nito, na kalauna'y lumalago bilang cervical cancer sa Pilipinas, dahil sa kulang na kaalaman tungkol dito.

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Mga maling akala sa HPV at cervical cancer

Marilyn Cahatol,

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Published August 31, 2025 02:39 PM PHT

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