Nearly 45% of Cancer Survivors Report Financial Struggle

Medscape September 4, 2024
Edited by Gargi Mukherjee

TOPLINE:

Nearly 45% of cancer survivors face financial hardship during and after their cancer care, with factors including higher social vulnerability, younger age, lower income, and advanced cancer stage contributing to this strain, according to a recent study.

METHODOLOGY:

• Cancer survivors experience significant economic challenges during and after their cancer treatment, and this financial hardship can compromise treatment adherence, quality of life, and survival. Still, the impact community- and individual-level factors, such as social vulnerabilities, education level, or income, have on patients’ experience of financial hardship remains unclear.
• Researchers used data from the 2021 Health Information National Trends Survey — Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results to elucidate associations between financial difficulties among cancer survivors and a range of individual-...

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