Breast Cancer Survivors >20 Years Page1
As of 2011
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Breast Cancer Survivor Angeles Politico – 25 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Rosario Largoza – 21 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Nenita Mercene – 22 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Gloria Solmirano – 28 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Beulah Arciga – 23 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Grace Jamon – 22 Years in Remission
2012
Added 7
Breast Cancer Survivor Myrna Dequiña - 23 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor ROC – 25 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Conchita Suria – 25 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Julieta Grimaldo – 22 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Chuchi Acevedo – 28 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Maria Ruaro – 25 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Lizabeth Donesa – 21 Years in Remission
2013
Added 8
Breast Cancer Survivor L. Gatchalian – 24 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor C. Ong – 26 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Lucila Decena – 23 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Ester Quiazon – 27 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Teodora Punzalan – 25 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Raymunda Crescencia – 30 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Bernardita Vergara – 23 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor IZaňo – 33 Years in Remission
2014
Breast Cancer Survivor A. Young - 23 Years Survivor
2015
Breast Cancer Survivor Ana Juanillo – 25 Years in Remission
2011
Angeles Politico – A 25-year Breast Cancer Survivor
by Reynaldo O Joson on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 11:51pm
Breast cancer survivor for 25 years as of 2011, Angeles Politico,from San Pedro, Laguna, is now 76 years old. I did a modified radical mastectomy (total mastectomy and axillary dissection) on her left breast in 1986 (she was 51 years old t…hen) in Manila Doctors Hospital . Histopath showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma. The axillary lymph nodes that were removed during the operation were negative for spread of cancer. After the operation, she received 6 cycles of chemotherapy consisting of intravenous cyclophosphamide and 5-fluorouracil. NO hormonal assay. NO hormonal treatment. She came to consult me today, June 18, 2011, for a 1-cm right breast mass. I did a needle evaluation with aspiration and got 1 cc of brownish fluid followed by complete disappearance of the mass. My diagnosis for her right breast mass is MACROCYST. Thus, she continues to be in remission, no breast cancer recurrence, enjoying her life as a breast cancer survivor. She and her relatives, specifically, her sister and niece, Inia Sta. Maria, who took the picture in my clinic, agreed to have her story told in the NET to serve as an inspiration of hope to all Filipino breast cancer patients. She looks forward to attending again the MDH Cancer Crusaders Club Get-together and Christmas Party come first Sunday of December this year. I am very very happy for Angie Politico. Thank you, LORD!
Dr Rey
Breast Cancer Survivor Rosario Largoza – 21 Years in Remission
by Reynaldo O Joson on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 2:26pm
Breast Cancer Survivor Rosario (aka Ruby) Largoza is currently (2011) 21 years in remission. She is now 65 years old. I did a total mastectomy and axillary dissection on one of her breasts in 1990 when she was 43 years old. Histopath showed “intraductal carcinoma with Paget’s Disease” with armpit nodes negative for spread. She did not receive any additional treatment after the operation. We both thank God for the remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor Nenita Mercene – 22 Years in Remission
by Reynaldo O Joson on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 10:28pm
Ms. Nenita Mercene, from San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, was 43 years old in 1989 when I did a modified radical mastectomy for her stage-2 breast cancer in Manila Doctors Hospital. I saw her on December 4, 2011, at the 24th Annual Christmas Get-together of the Manila Doctors Hospital Cancer Crusaders Club. She is now 65 years old and with no evidence of recurrence. She is now 22 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
Ms. Mercene died sometime in 2022 not from COVID19, not from a breast cancer recurrence, but other cause (she was diagnosed to have liver cirrhosis in 2017). In 2022, aged 76, she was 33 years in remission from her breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Survivor Gloria Solmirano – 28 Years in Remission
by Reynaldo O Joson on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 10:01pm
Ms. Gloria Solmirano, from Aklan, was 33 years old in 1983 when she discovered a 4-cm mass on her right breast. I operated on her at the Philippine General Hospital. I did a modified radical mastectomy. The histopath diagnosis was comedocarcinoma with axillary nodes negative for metastasis. She underwent postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil. I saw her on December 3, 2011 and there was no clinical evidence of recurrence. She is now 61 years old, still in remission 28 years after her operation. We both thank God for the long remission.
In 2021, Ms. Solmirano died of complications of COVID19. She did not have any evidence of breast cancer recurrence. In 2021, she was 38 years in remission.
In 2015 - 32 years in remission
In 2018 - 35 years in remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Beulah Arciga – 23 Years
by Reynaldo O Joson on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 6:50pm
Beulah Ariga, now 72 years old, was 50 years old in 1998 when I did a modified radical mastectomy (total mastectomy and axillary dissection) on her in Manila Doctors Hospital . HIstopathology showed intraductal carcinoma (5 cm) with negative nodes. She received 8 cycles of chemotherapy after the operation (Cyclophosphamide and 5-Fluorouracil). She has been in remission for 23 years until last month, when she had another breast cancer on her other breast. A mastectomy was done. Histopathology showed invasive ductal carcinoma with mucinous component. We both thank God for the 23 years of remission and we hoped she will do well again after the second operation.
Breast Cancer Survivor Grace Jamon – 22 Years
by Reynaldo O Joson on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 9:34pm
Ms. Grace Jamon came to see me today, September 15, 2011, for a check-up. In 1989, when she was 33 years old, a few months after she gave birth, she noticed a 5-cm mass on her left breast. She consulted me after which I did a needle biopsy followed by a modified radical mastectomy (total mastectomy and axillary dissection). Histopath result showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma with 2 positive lymph nodes in the axilla. She received 6 cycles of chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil). She is now 55 years old, 22 years in remission. We both thank God for this remission. Grace was a professor in the Department of Political Science in the University of the Philippines Diliman when she got operated in 1989. Up to now, she is still connected with the department. After her operation in 1989, she made it her mission to do counseling for breast cancer patients who needed help. She had counseled the wife of a former secretary of health who was afflicted with breast cancer and other breast cancer patients. She can be reached through her Facebook or through the MDH Cancer Crusaders Club, of which she was one of the original members.
2012
Breast Cancer Survivor Myrna Dequiña - 23 Years in Remission
by Reynaldo O Joson on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 9:27pm ·
Ms. Myrna Dequiña was 42 years old when she underwent a modified radical mastectomy in 1989. The histopathology result showed invasive ductal carcinoma with one axillary node positive for metastasis. She underwent 6 cycles of chemotherapy (cyclophospamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil)[CMF]. There were no other additional treatments and no screening tests for recurrence thereafter. The surveillance was sign- and symptom-directed. She has been under my medical supervision since 1989.
I saw her today for check-up. She is now 65 years old, 23 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor ROC – 25 Years in Remission
Ms. Rosemarie O. Cordero was 35 years old in 1987 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her cancer in one breast. The histopathologic result showed invasive ductal carcinoma. She underwent postoperative chemotherapy. At age 58, 23 years after the first breast operation, she developed another cancer on her other breast, for which I did a modified radical mastectomy in 2010. She is taking tamoxifen up to now. Ms. Cordero, as of June 23, 2012, is 60 years old, 25 years in remission from the first breast operation and 2 years, from the second operation. We both thank God for this long remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor Conchita Suria – 25 Years in Remission
Posted on September 17, 2012
Breast Cancer Survivor Conchita Suria – 25 Years in Remission
Ms. Conchita Suria, from Quezon, had a breast cancer for which I did a modified radical mastectomy in 1987. Postoperatively, she received chemotherapy. A year after her chemotherapy, she got her first pregnancy (she was about 30 years old then) and then later another one. She is now 25 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
I saw Ms. Suria on December 2, 2012 during the 25th Anniversary of the MDH Cancer Crusaders Club.
She brought along a laminated and framed certificate of membership of the Cancer Crusaders Club which I issued in 1988. The certificate dated December 4, 1988 (the first time the Cancer Crusaders Club held its 1st Annual Christmas Get-Together). I remember that I just affixed my signature in 1988 without printing her name on the certificate. Ms. Suria treasured the certificate so much that she had her name placed on it, laminated it, and brought it to Manila to show to me when she was given an award for being a 25-year cancer survivor.
Breast Cancer Survivor Julieta Grimaldo – 22 Years in Remission
Posted on November 7, 2012
In 1990, I did a modified radical mastectomy on Ms. Julieta Grimaldo’s right breast cancer. She was 35 years old then. She did not receive any additional treatment after the operation, just check-up and surveillance for possible recurrence. I saw her in Manila Doctors Hospital November 5, 2012. She has no evidence of recurrence. She is now 57 years old, 22 years in remission. We both thanked God for this long remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor Chuchi Acevedo – 28 Years in Remission
Posted on December 2, 2012
Ms. Chuchi Acevedo underwent modified radical mastectomy in 1984 prior to seeing me in 1986. I did a neck node excision on her which turned out to be negative for recurrence. She did not receive any postoperative treatment, just surveillance. I saw her on December 2, 2012 during the 25th Anniversary of the MDH Cancer Crusaders Club. She in now 66 years old, with no sign of recurrence. We both thank God for the 28 years of remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor Maria Ruaro – 25 Years in Remission
Posted on December 11, 2012
Ms. Maria Ruaro, the mother-in-law of my very good friend, Dr. Bootsie Ruaro, was operated by yours truly in 1986 when she was 66 years old. I did a modified radical mastectomy. There was no additional treatment after the operation. Ms. Maria Ruaro was 91 years old when she died of a cause other than her breast cancer in December 2011 (most likely heart-related). There was no evidence of breast cancer recurrence 25 years after her operation. The family and I thank God for the non-recurrence of her breast cancer which can be considered as a cure.
Breast Cancer Survivor Lizabeth Donesa – 21 Years in Remission
Posted on December 23, 2012 by rojoson
Ms. Lizabeth L. Donesa was a 35-year-old pharmacist when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her breast cancer in May 6, 1991 at the Philippine General Hospital. I gave her 6 courses of chemotherapy. She has migrated to the United States in California. She is now 56 years old, going 57 come March 2013. She is now 21 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
2013
Breast Cancer Survivor L. Gatchalian – 24 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor C. Ong – 26 Years in Remission
Breast Cancer Survivor Lucila Decena – 23 Years in Remission
Ms. Lucila Decena was 52 years old in 1989 when she was operated by me in Manila Doctors Hospital. I did a modified radical mastectomy on one of her breasts and the histopath result showed invasive ductal carcinoma with 5 positive nodes. She underwent CMF chemotherapy after the operation for only 4 cycles. On April 2, 2013, she visited me in my clinic for a consultation of a lesion on her face. As to her breast cancer, there is no clinical evidence of recurrence. Thus, she is now 23 years in remission, 24 years by July 26, the date of her breast operation. She is now 76 years old. We both thank God for this long remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor Ester Quiazon – 27 Years in Remission
Ms. Ester Quiazon, from Angeles City, was 35 years old when I operated on her breast cancer. I did a modified radical mastectomy on her in Manila Doctors Hospital in 1986. After the operation, I administered 6 cycles of chemotherapy. I was happy to see her recently for a check-up. She has no clinical evidence of recurrence. She is now 61 years old. She is now 27 years in remission. We both thank God for her long remission.
Posted on April 27, 2013by reyojoson
Ms. Teodora Punzalan was 48 years old in 1988 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her breast cancer in Manila Doctors Hospital. The histopathologic result showed invasive ductal carcinoma with nodes negative for metastasis or spread. She did not receive additional treatment after the operation, just regular check-up with me. I saw her today for her check-up. She is now 72 years old. There is no clinical evidence of recurrence of her breast cancer. She is now 25 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
Ms. Leonila Marcelino was 43 years old in 1990 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her breast cancer. She did not receive any adjuvant postoperative treatment. She is now 66 years old with no clinical evidence of recurrence. She is 23 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
Update: 2023
Ms.Leonila Marcelino passed on in 2022 (age 75) during the COVID19 pandemic. Cause of death was not COVID19 and not due to a breast cancer recurrence. In 2022, she was 32 years in remission from breast cancer.
Ms. Raymunda Crescencia, a public school teacher from Palawan, was 38 years old in June 13, 1983 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on right breast cancer in the Philippine General Hospital. She did not receive any postoperative adjuvant treatment. Today, July 23, 2013, she came to Manila to see me because of her leg skin problem. She is now a retired teacher at age 68 and 30 years in remission from her breast cancer. We both thank God for this very very long remission. A breast cancer survivor indeed. A patient cured of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Survivor Bernardita Vergara – 23 Years in Remission
Posted on August 6, 2013 by reyojoson
Ms. Bernardita Vergara was 40 years old in 1990 when I did an operation (modified radical mastectomy) on her breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma with papillary component with negative armpit nodes) in Manila Doctors Hospital. She did not receive any postoperative treatment such as chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or radiotherapy. I saw her lately and she has no clinical evidence of recurrence. She is now 63 years old, 23 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
Breast Cancer Survivor IZaňo – 33 Years in Remission
Posted on December 9, 2013by reyojoson
Twenty-two (22) years ago, I did a modified radical mastectomy on Ms. Merlie Lazaro, who was 33 years old then, in Manila Doctors Hospital. She had breast cancer. She did not receive any additional treatment after her operation. I saw her recently (December 7, 2013). She is now 55 years old, with no clinical evidence of recurrence. She is now 22 years in remission. We both thank God for this long remission.
2014
Posted on May 20, 2014by reyojoson
Morning of May 20, 2014, while I was doing some writings in my clinic in Manila Doctors Hospital, Ms. Glyceria Milanes dropped by to say hello to me. She was in MDH consulting another physician for another health problem. She brought with her a 1992 picture (see below). She was afraid I might not remember her.
I operated on Ms. Glyceria Milanes in 1992 in the Philippine General Hospital for her breast cancer. She was 57 years old then. She had a preoperative radiotherapy before I did a modified radical mastectomy. She attended the Annual Get-Together of the MDH Cancer Crusaders Club in 1992. That probably was the last time I saw her.
Today, at age 79, she has no clinical evidence of recurrence of her breast cancer. She is now 22 years in remission for her breast cancer. We both thank God for this long remission. I was also touched by her purposeful visit to tell me that she is still alive and to thank me for what I did. What a happy moment for me.
Ms. Milanes beside me (left side on the picture) taken in 1992.
Breast Cancer Survivor A. Young - 23 Years Survivor
Operated by ROJoson in 1991 at age 55 years old - Modified Radical Mastectomy - died in 2014 at age 78.
Breast Cancer Survivor Ana Juanillo – 25 Years in Remission
by reyojoson
Ms. Ana Juanillo was 40 years old in 1990 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her breast cancer in the Philippine General Hospital. There was no postoperative adjuvant treatment whatsoever. She is now 65 years old. She is now in remission for 25 years. We both thank God for this long remission.
Posted on November 14, 2015by reyojoson
Ms. Modesta Holgado was 55 years old in 1986 when I did a modified radical mastectomy on her left breast cancer. She received adjuvant chemotherapy. Today, November 14, 2015, she visited me in my clinic before she goes back to the United States where she has been staying for quite some time now (balikbayan). I was so happy to see her – 29 years in remission. She is now 84 years old. We both thank God for this long remission.
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