In recent years, about 7000 people per year in Taiwan have died of lung cancer, which accounts for 19.6 % of total cancer deaths. As Lai Gi-ming, administration department director at the NHRI and chief executive officer of the Formosa Cancer Foundation says, "Lung cancer is Taiwan's greatest enemy."
最近幾年，台灣每年約有七千人死於肺癌，佔所有癌症死亡人數的 19.6％，「肺癌是台灣目前最大的敵人，」國家衛生研究院行政處處長兼台灣癌症基金會執行長賴基銘如是說。