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Costly medicines, chemotherapy: Around 25pc of JPMC cancer patients abandon treatment: officials
KARACHI: About 25 percent of cancer patients at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) abandon treatment because of financial hardship despite largely free care, doctors said, citing the high cost of newer therapies and inconsistent financial assistance. They said surgery and radiotherapy are provided free at the public hospital, but the high cost of newer immunotherapies and targeted therapies leaves some patients unable to continue treatment. Speaking on the concluding day of the two-day Breastcon 2026 conference organised by JPMC on Sunday, oncology department head Dr Ghulam Haider calle...
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