PETALING JAYA: With over three-quarters of South-East Asian patients either dead or financially poorer one year after being diagnosed with cancer, getting the big C is debilitating in more ways than one.
The results of “The Asean Costs in Oncology Study (Action)” showed that 29% of patients were dead within one year of being diagnosed with cancer while 48% were experiencing financial catastrophe.
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