ERLINDA FRANCISCO, 73 years old, comes from Cebu, the Philippines. In March, 2019, she was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. She refused to take surgery and chemotherapy in local hospital and resorted to St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. With combined minimally invasive therapy, her tumors have shrunk, tumor marker turned to normal values and she also gained good physical condition.

ERLINDA FRANCISCO

Old woman with ovarian cancer, looking for alternative cancer treatment

In April 2018, ERLINDA had symptom of edema of lower extremity without obvious cause or other discomfort, she didn’t take it seriously back then. In December, her son found that her abdomen was obviously swollen, although she suffered no pain but only physical weakness. She also noticed irregular vaginal discharge increasing, of which she never thought as symptom of ovarian cancer.

At the beginning of March 2019, ERLINDA went to see doctor and took CT examination, from which the oncologist initially predicted it was ovarian cancer and recommended combined treatment of surgery and chemotherapy. She refused to take chemotherapy because of the side effects. Therefore, she decided to go to the United States and seek alternative treatments.

At that juncture, ERLINDA’s son-in-law brought hope to her. He had a former colleague who had suffered from stage IV liver cancer and later got treated in St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. He achieved good results afterwards. ERLINDA recalled, "On hearing that, I was persuaded to go to Guangzhou for treatment and I made the decision without a second thought."

Soon after, ERLINDA contacted the staff in Manila office of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou and consulted Dr. Lim. She made her mind to go to China for treatment. It usually takes a week for Filipino to get visa to China, she got it done in one day with help.

Receiving cancer treatment in Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou

On March 17, 2019, ERLINDA accompanied by her family, arrived at St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. Based on her case, MDT(Multidisciplinary Team) developed a comprehensive minimally invasive treatment plan of interventional therapy, cryotherapy and particle implantation. So far, this is her fifth admission. According to Wang Xiang, the attending doctor of ERLINDA, According to Wang Xiang, the attending doctor of ERLINDA, tumors in abdominal cavity have significantly shrunk, the tumor markers have turned to normal values, and the body has gradually returned to health.

After the treatment, tumors in abdominal cavity have significantly shrunk

“Before I came to the hospital, I only read some reports about the hospital and learned some information on Facebook. Through my experience of taking treatment and conversations with other patients here, the advanced treatment is really impressive.” ERLINDA said, "during the interventional therapy, I was awake and even I could talk to the doctor. I said thank you doctor right after the procedure and he smiled with great relief. There was never discomfort during or after treatment.”

The power of positivity

Upon the discharge, ERLINDA couldn't help but express her gratitude to the medical staff. "Thanks to my doctor and nurse, Dr. Wang always arranges everything properly. The medical staff are very caring. The medical services provided here is really considerate."

ERLINDA with her attending doctor Wang Xiang

"For other patients, I want to encourage them to keep an optimistic attitude, which is very important for a cancer patient. With God's guidance, I can find confidence and courage by receiving treatment here. I will share my experience with them and hope that they get inspired through my anticancer story."