Philippines takes cancer screening into the workplace


Employees are interviewed for cancer screening at an office. - Contributed photo

MANILA: Saddled with high cancer rates and late diagnoses, the Philippines is trying a whole new tack: asking business to step into state shoes and screen millions of workers for early signs of the disease.

Be it cervical, breast or colon cancer, the nation wants to lower its cancer deaths by increasing screening.

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