The emotional and financial battle for families with cancer patients

Florence Akoth, 28, (right) with her sister Linet Obare at their home in South C, Nairobi. Florence was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2014. Their father is also a cancer patient. [Photo: Fidelis Kabunyi/Standard]

Being unprepared heightens nerves. This is the situation for many families when a cancer diagnosis is placed on the table.

The message is given in hard scientific facts or in a one-liner: You have cancer!