It has been pointed out that the government should strengthen economic support for innovative new drugs that treat severe diseases to improve the treatment rate of breast cancer patients.

The number of female cancer patients is significantly higher than that of male cancer patients in the same age group, and the number of breast cancer patients has been steadily increasing since 2020 until last year, raising the need for measures.

On the 12th, Rep. Ki-Youn Kang of the People Power Party made this claim based on the statistics submitted by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

According to the number of cancer patients by age in Korea over the past 3 y