MANILA, Nov. 24 -- Lung cancer remains the most common cancer among Filipino men, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, renewing calls to prevent it through a healthy lifestyle.

The DOH said lung cancer accounts for one in every five cases, citing the Global Cancer Observatory study in 2022.

Meanwhile, it is the second cause of cancer in the country with 23,728 new cases and 20,953 deaths reported in 2022.

Breast cancer ranked first with 33,079 cases and 11,857 deaths while colorectum cancer ranked third with 20,736 cases and 10,692 deaths.

Health experts noted that late diagnosis and difficulty of treatment of late-stage cases are the major reasons for the high mortality rate for lung cancer.

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