How does Just4Cancer differentiates itself? We bring people together, people with a cancer connection like survivors, patients, advocates, caregivers, friends, families, surviving friends and families—even cancer sympathizers. We also bring businesses into the fold, so they can have direct involvement in the giving process while aligning their brand with their client base. In short, we’re …
The cost of cancer care is rapidly increasing. The National Institutes of Health estimates the yearly cost of treating the disease is more than $158 billion. A new study led by a Tulane University researcher recently analyzed a payment and delivery model for Medicare patients undergoing cancer treatment to see if the pilot program changed …
While medicine transforms cancer into a chronic disease with which patients can live for an extended period of time, financial toxicity threatens to turn chronic, too. It sometimes seems baffling to me: I put my life on the line for research to produce a cancer medication that — if and when it is put on …
What is it? We bring people together, people with a cancer connection like survivors, patients, advocates, caregivers, friends, families, surviving friends and families—even cancer sympathizers. We also bring businesses into the fold, so they can have direct involvement in the giving process while aligning their brand with their client base. In short, we’re a vast, …
From across the world and having been touched by cancer and suffered from the dire impact cancer had on the finances of their families and families they know, they now come together as one to beat financial toxicity of cancer on families. Faces fighting financial toxicity of cancer Here are some of their faces – …
A grandfather has told how he would have been left disfigured after health chiefs said they could remove his cancer but not carry out reconstructive surgery because of the Covid-19 crisis. John Price (69) said he was instead forced to borrow £50,000 for private treatment and called last night for others in similar situations to …
The box reminded Ruby Barnes each time she returned to her Bountiful home. As she climbed the steps through the garage, she saw the label, “Ruby’s baby clothes.” Barnes, 38, had collected the outfits while working retail jobs since she was 16. All she’d ever wanted to be was a mother. But after she was …
In December 2018, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. I remember the day I found out about this “dreaded” diagnosis at such a young age of 34. I was terrified, I cried. I saw death! How was this possible, I thought. I had no known history of breast cancer in my family. Over …
Cancer is a life-debilitating health condition. It drains you not just physically and emotionally, but also financially. As cancer treatments progress, costs pile up, along with bills and bills of ancillary expenses. Any and all financial assistance at this point offers respite from the stress of this financial toxicity. Finding suitable cancer financial support requires …
A new study finds that many cancer patients with high co-pays experience financial toxicity (FT). The study appeared in the journal Psycho-Oncology.In this systematic review, researchers used a meta‐aggregation approach. They collated papers published prior to 31 August 2019, from electronic databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), Web of Science, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and …