Even families with stable finances are forced to borrow money and sell assets to afford expensive cancer treatment regimens, sometimes having to halt treatment entirely when funds run out.
Mr. Chien, 65, with metastatic stomach cancer, underwent surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy before switching to an immunotherapy regimen when signs of drug resistance appeared.
Immunotherapy is often prescribed for patients with advanced liver cancer, helping to restore or activate the immune system and improve its ability to recognize malignant cells.
