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Mauricio F. Marcelo Jr, MD, FPCS, FPSGS, FPALES

Mauricio F. Marcelo Jr, MD, FPCS, FPSGS, FPALES image

Medical school: University of the Philippines – College of Medicine 1990 General Surgery Residency: UP-Philippine General Hospital 1995 Laparoscopic Surgery Training : Philippine General Hospital 1996 Services Offered: Open / Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Needle Biopsy – Breast / Thyroid Inguinal / Umbilical Hernia Repair Breast Mass Excision / Mastectomy Thyroidectomy Hemorrhoidectomy / Anal Fistulotomy Appendectomy Circumcision Excision Skin / Soft tissue Tumors Skin Abscess / Wounds / Minor Burns Specialty: General Surgery Local Board Accreditation: Fellow, Philippine College of Surgeons Clinic Address & Schedule: Lung Center of the Philippines Room 1125 G/F, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City Philippines Phone: (02) 924 6101 » » » [Read more]

Life After Breast Cancer: 3 Simple Steps to Regaining Your Confidence

Life After Breast Cancer: 3 Simple Steps to Regaining Your Confidence image

In honor of the end of breast cancer awareness month, I found it an appropriate time to discuss life AFTER cancer. For anyone who has been through the process, or knows someone who has, you know that breast cancer is not only physically taxing, but also an emotionally draining disease as well. The legacy of treatment and its side effects for a person can be huge. Treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone drugs can leave a woman with many physical and emotional changes to deal with. In a recent poll of more than 600 women conducted by Breast » » » [Read more]