The concert of Shigemi is very timely, considering that 2006 is declared a special year for Philippine-Japan relationship and that October is the Breast Cancer Month.
The BCSMI, for the past year, is very active in presenting free public lectures to raise breast cancer awareness and in giving psycho-social and partial financial support to women with breast cancer. The main message they send across is that prevention is the best option and that the patient’s right of choice of treatment should be upheld. Charging nothing from its members and the public it serves, it serves the public through personal resources of its leaders and personal donations from friends and supporters. Other activities it performs are visitation of the sick, grant of television and radio interviews and attendance to health-related advocacy activities. Indeed, the BCSMI plays a very vital role in the Philippines, which has the highest incidence of breast cancer in Asia.
