Yugto

The various colored ribbons linked to the various types of cancer are certainly familiar to you if you or someone you know has the disease. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬.

𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: white
𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: gray
𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: pink
𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: emerald green
𝑳𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂: lime green
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: light blue
𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: periwinkle blue
𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: yellow
𝑳𝒆𝒖𝒌𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂: orange
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓: dark blue

They are now so widespread that more than 30 malignancies have claimed ownership of a single color or a range of colors. Some hues stand for various illness manifestations.

Some advocates believe that this tide of wristbands, keychains, and coffee cups that resembles tie-dye may further muddle the focus on certain illnesses.

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Gael Garcia
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Kirsten Medina

𝐴 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟. The liver plays many roles in the digestive system, such as filtration of blood by-products, digestion, metabolism, and detoxification. We often believe that liver cancer is incurable; in the early stages, there are no symptoms, so many patients diagnosed in the middle and late stages lose hope.

But remember that it is never too late, and believe that anything is possible. The liver cancer is treatable. And this type of illness is beatable. For the rest of us, make sure to get regular exercise and eat a healthy diet with limited amounts of alcohol to prevent liver cancer. A body that is far away from danger is a body with a healthy liver.

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Johanna Mae Bunagan
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Dale Yumang

𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒-𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟.
𝐿𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑.

𝙇𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝙐𝘯𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝙉𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝙂𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.
𝘾𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘼𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙉𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘾𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙀𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝙍𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳.

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Dana Beltran
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Jeed Loyola

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦.

Cells in your kidneys alter and grow out of control to form kidney cancer. Along with other symptoms, kidney cancer patients may have flank pain, elevated blood pressure, and blood in the urination.

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐’𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!!! It is normal to experience anxiety as you get ready to begin cancer therapy. Knowing that your medical team will endeavour to prevent and relieve side effects could be beneficial. Regardless of your age or the stage of your disease, it is a crucial component of your treatment approach.

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Dana Beltran
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Kirsten Medina

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 is one of the illnesses that are often hard to identify immediately because it only shows vague symptoms. This cancer is also known to be a silent killer due to its characteristics that can be easily missed in its first stage. Research shows that cigarette smokers are prone to acquiring pancreatic cancer because the carcinogen compound found in ci**rs stimulates the growth of cancer cells in the pancreas.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓:
- Quit smoking
- Choose a healthy and nutritious diet
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Do a regular check-up

𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏.

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Johanna Mae Bunagan
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Sheryl Jane Mitante

𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐓𝐎
- a period of time in a person’s life.

Yugto is a short film created to spread awareness about a patient’s struggle in beating cancer. Here lie the different stories shared by cancer survivors which aim to inform the audience about the agony, pain, inspiration, and courage they felt when they were fighting for their lives.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮!

𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚: 𝐾𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎

𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: 𝐺𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚: 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑙 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒