MANILA, Philippines—In the past years, experts said much has already been achieved in terms of finding better treatment and care for breast cancer patients in the Philippines. Still, doctors, support groups, and lawmakers continue to push for more improvements. In the Philippines, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer and is the most common cancer among women of all ages. There were 27,163 cases of breast cancer recorded in the country in 2020, while 9,926 Filipino women died of the disease.

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