LUNG cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in the Philippines, bringing about nearly 17,000 fatalities among Filipinos in 2020. This is likely due to the very large smoking population — 28 percent or 17.3 million Filipinos over 15 years old are smokers.
According to the Philippine Cancer Society, lung cancer does not stay contained to the lungs.
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