cancer

A mother from the Sacramento area who is battling cancer calls on fellow Filipinos to sign up as stem cell donors, hoping that she finds the perfect match that would give her a second shot at...

This Christmas season, the family of young Fil-Am battling a rare disease is appealing for people to register to be a bone marrow donor because it just might save the life of their little boy. Lalaine...

A Fil-Am father of two is looking for stem cell donors and his family hopes fellow kababayans will take the chance and time to help save his life. Rommel Conclara brings us this story....Read More

LOS GATOS, CA — A Filipino American husband and father needs help. And he needs it now. Due to a certain type of cancer — he needs a fellow Filipino to donate some stem cells in...

LOS ANGELES — Smoking is the leading cause of the most common type of cancer globally—lung cancer. Although more and more Americans are trying to quit the bad habit, this disease is still one of the...

LOS ANGELES — It was an evening synergizing dance, medicine and philantrophy. The Aveni Cancer Foundation hosted a fundraiser at the Aratani Theater in Los Angeles, featuring American Ballet Theater’s first Filipino American principal dancer, Stella Abrera, and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Bright lights and cheers from the crowd kicked off “Fashion with a Mission 2” — a swimwear fashion show and fundraiser. Filipina Gia Galicia of the Share+Give initiative was one of six designers...

Assistant Professor Mary de Vera from the University of British Columbia has been studying diseases for years. She also teaches at the UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Born in Mexico, Pampanga but raised in Prince Rupert,...

A Filipino designer’s couture creation is making heads turn and making headlines in the New York Fashion Week scene. The Wonder Years former child star Danica McKellar rocked an Oliver Tolentino gown during a NYFW event for...

Actor-singer Guji Lorenzana‘s latest music video for his original song, “Be Alright,” is dedicated to his late mother, who battled cancer for nearly 2 years. Lorenzana teamed up with the Asian American Donor Program and Be the...