Filipinos affected by Cancer and the underlining Stigma

I went to lunch today with my cousin and she told me that our Auntie Rita passed away a couple months ago from ovarian cancer. My cousin told me that Auntie Rita didn't feel the need to see a Doctor regularly because she felt fine. Until she started having pains near her pelvis. She went to go see the doctor to find out what those pains were and it was too late. The cancer already spread.When I