Hiniling ni Las Pinas Rep Camille Villar sa pamahalaan na palakasin ang early detection programs at preventive screening laban sa mga sakit partikular na sa breast cancer.
Sa inihaing House Resolution 1023 sinabi ni Villar sinabi nito na nakababahala ang pagtaas ng kaso ng breast cancer sa bansa at upang maiwasan na magkaroon ng malalang kaso nito na mahirap nang gamutin ay dapat palakasin ang early detection.
Ayon kay Villar, mga experto na ang nagsabi na may tiyansa ang gamutan sa breast cancer kung madedetetect ito ng maaga.
“With the alarming growth of breast cancer cases in the Philippines, there is a need to strengthen dedicated programs against breast cancer, and to allocate adequate budgetary support for programs involving early detection in hospitals and at the local level,pahayag ni Villar na isang Deputy Speaker ng Kamara.
Nabatid na 86,484 ang breast cancer cases sa Pilipinas at nasa 27,163 breast cancer cases ang naitatala kada taon.
“Breast cancer also claimed the lives of 9,926 Filipino women, making it the third most fatal type of cancer afflicting Filipinos, just behind lung and liver cancer. The Philippines had the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia and the ninth highest in the world in 2019, with the disease often diagnosed already in advanced stages” ani Villar.
