There is an increasing incidence of lung cancer cases in both male and female never-smokers, said Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung, citing a 2026 modelling study premised on local data.
He was responding to a written parliamentary question by MP Cai Yinzhou (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) on Wednesday (Oct 7), who had asked for the local trend in lung cancer incidence among never smokers over the past 10 years.
The first-term MP also asked if the Ministry of Health has assessed the long-term PM2.5 exposure, including from transboundary haze, to such incidence.
Data from the Singapore Cancer Registry for the five years from 2017 to 2021 showed that lung cancer killed about 100 people here each month.
This is about 36 per cent more than the 74 who died due to colorectal cancer — the second-biggest killer cancer — which sees 204 cases diagnosed each month, compared to the 149 for lung cancer.
In a health information video posted on its social media on Aug 11, Clinical Assistant Professor Tan Wei Chong from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) said lung cancer is the number one killer in males, and for females, the number three killer.
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