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Financial Toxicity
Long-Term Financial Toxicity Has Substantial Impact on HRQoL Among Partners of Colorectal Cancer Survivors
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Financial Toxicity
June 2023, Vol 14, No 3 - Online Only
A new study has found that partners of colorectal cancer survivors experienced long-term financial toxicity that was associated with worse health-related quality of life due to systems- and individual-level behavioral factors.
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Financial Navigation Can Reduce the Financial Toxicity of Cancer Care
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Carmen Phillips
Financial Toxicity
June 2023, Vol 14, No 3 - Online Only
Results from a new study add to the evidence that programs aimed at reducing the financial burden of cancer treatment can save money and improve the quality of life of people with cancer and their loved ones.
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Financial Toxicity High for Low-Income Patients in Early-Phase Clinical Trials
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Chase Doyle
Financial Toxicity
October 2019, Vol 10, No 5
San Diego, CA—The economic burden faced by patients with cancer who have low income may be more pervasive than previously thought. According to data presented at the 2019 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, even patients enrolled in clinical trials are at high risk for financial toxicity.
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Discussing Costs with Your Patient Can Reduce Financial Toxicity
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Chase Doyle
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Value-Based Care
August 2018, Vol 9, No 2 | Payers’ Perspectives In Oncology: ASCO
“Treating financial toxicity at the patient level is similar to treating a symptom like fatigue. You can try to prevent it, but to some degree, patients are going to experience it, and when they do, you need a plan,” says Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS.
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How to Reduce Financial Toxicity in Patients with Cancer
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Chase Doyle
Financial Toxicity
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Value in Oncology
August 2016, Vol 7, No 7, Special Issue: Payers’ Perspectives in Oncology
In addition to affecting patient well-being and quality of life, financial toxicity has been shown to worsen survival outcomes because of nonadherence to drug therapy. Although policy interventions, improvements in benefit designs, and adjustments to reimbursement may help reduce costs for patients in the long-term, immediate changes are needed to alleviate financial burden, said Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, of the Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, at ASCO 2016.
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Financial Toxicity: The Elephant in the (Side Effect) Room
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Barry D. Brooks, MD
Financial Toxicity
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The Patient Perspective
September 2014, Vol 5, No 7
We have all had that patient—the patient who is prescribed a new targeted therapy and cannot comply with it because it is just too expensive. When asked directly about the reasoning for the noncompliance, the patient suggests that taking the treatment is just too expensive and, in fact, it is cheaper to die.
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