Due to high cost, 25pc of cancer patients at Karachi's JPMC abandon treatment, experts say

KARACHI: Around 25 per cent of cancer patients at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) are unable to complete their treatment, speakers said on the concluding day of a two-day conference, attributing the situation to the high cost of newer therapies and inconsistent philanthropic assistance. The event titled Breastcon 2026 was organised by JPMC. According to speakers, while the province’s largest tertiary-care public-sector hospital offers surgery and radiotherapy free of charge, the high costs of newer immunotherapies and targeted therapies force many patients to discontinue…