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Liga Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer (Puerto Rican League Against Cancer):
The Liga Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer (Puerto Rican League Against Cancer)(LPCC) is a non-profit organization founded on April 9, 1938, under the vision of Dr. Isaac González Martínez. With the concept of volunteering, he managed to establish the first cancer clinic on the island. Dr. González's dedication in the research field provided wide-ranging discoveries worldwide by discovering the bilharzia worms, a disease native to Africa. This was the first description of this condition in America. His greatest challenge was cancer disease. He strove to offer medical services and treatment for this condition; they are examples to emulate his commitment to the welfare of his people. Under the management of the LPCC, on December 29, 1962, the first specialized cancer hospital in Puerto Rico, named after Dr. Isaac González Martínez, Puerto Rico's first Oncologist, was inaugurated on the premises of the Medical Center.
Mission:
Provide specialized health services for cancer patients through a comprehensive prevention plan, early diagnosis, support, medical care, and rehabilitation, tempered with technological advances, thus improving the population's quality of life.
Vision:
The LPCC, as a non-profit organization and the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, intends for the Oncological Hospital to continue to provide medical services to cancer patients tempered with new technologies arising for the well-being of our country.
Values:
SOLIDARITY
EMPATHY
RESPECT
VISIONARIES
INTEGRATION
COMMITMENT
INTEGRITY
SERVICE
Board of Directors
Mr. Ramón Gonález Castaing
President
José L. Valentín Rodríguez
Vicepresident
Lissette LaComba Acevedo, Esq.
Treasurer
Lidio V. Soriano Cabrera
Sub-Treasurer
Maria I. Caraballo Gaud
Secretary
Prof. Antonio Fernós Sagebien
Board Member
David E. Vera Umpierre, Esq.
Board Member
Carlos G. Miró González
Board Member
Dr. Julio J. Díaz Padilla
Director Medical Faculty
Dr. Adelaida Ortiz Gomez, M.D.
Medical Director
Yarisis Centeno Saunders, Esq.
Executive Director Hospital Oncológico (Oncological Hospital) Dr. IGM
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First Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre for Cancer Patients in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Oncology on Wheels" programme, cancer prevention clinics where the Hospital mobilises all services to different parts of the island.
The campaign "Todos Unidos Somos Más Fuertes Que el Cáncer" (All Together We Are Stronger Than Cancer) the union of all the channels.
"A Gift of Love",Journalists unite for cancer patients, Ivonne Solla, Yolanda Vélez Arcelay and Celimar Adames.
"Da Vida Caminando con Raymond, Un Pueblo Unido por los Pacientes.
First Breast Mastectomy performed by Dr. Ramón Llovet, in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, televised on the Tommy Muñiz Show.
First Cancer Screening Clinic in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
First Oncology Hospital in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, located in Centro Medico.
First Academy of Medical Oncologists, today called "Tumor Board" of Cancer in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
First Specialised Oncology Clinic in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, starting services in Calle del Parque.
First cobalt machine manufactured in the United States serving Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
First Cancer Radiology Institute in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
First Anti-Cancer Centre in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
First Cancer Education Campaign in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
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