Reported about 1 year ago
According to a news report, a middle-aged man who does not smoke was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, requiring a monthly self-covered treatment cost of 200,000 NT dollars. The doctor attributed the cause partly to air pollution in Taiwan. The man's wife disclosed that despite a buy-one-get-one offer starting in the fourth month of treatment, they have already spent over a million NT dollars in a year for the costly gene mutation therapy. The doctor emphasized that lung cancer treatment is expensive and many patients end up self-financing, with pollution being a significant factor. The importance of quitting smoking to reduce health risks, including lung cancer, was also highlighted.
Source: YAHOO