Financial woes add to stress of terminal illness

Financial woes add to stress of patients suffering from terminal prostate cancer, according to a recent survey. On average, it costs a Korean patient more than 20 million won per year, which is four times high than those with early detected cancer.

A survey of 150 patients with prostate cancer by the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS) was co...