Source: Rappler: 2024.09.15 Dr. Willie Ong diagnosed with cancer

Ong said that his tumor is “very large.”

“One of the biggest they have seen,” he added. He has ben experiencing “shortness of breath, fatigue, and difficulty in swallowing” since April 2023.

In October 2023, Ong said that he started to experience back pain. “Worst pain of my life. Ten out of ten. You will cry. I was just weeping in pain all night. Like a knife stabbing you in the back,” he said.