CURE spoke with a cancer rights attorney about what financial toxicity is and ways to address this burden before assistance is needed. Cancer treatment is expensive, many already know this. However, resources are available to help address financial burdens before they happen. CURE spoke with Joanna Morales, Esq., a cancer rights attorney, author, speaker and CEO …
During the five years we worked together, my friend Emma Gunn was a pioneer in her work writing about where those dealing with cancer can get help with their finances. In January I lost a very good friend to cancer. She was 30 and it was the fifth time she had been forced into a face-off …
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 ― Cancer can cause financial distress, adding to the already difficult journey of those who have to go through the ordeal. According to a 2015 research by The Asean Costs In Oncology (ACTION) study group, 75 per cent of new cancer patients in Southeast Asia experience financial catastrophe within one year. …
Data from a recent study demonstrates that patients with breast cancer — especially those who are younger, privately insured, of non-White race and lower-income — are more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without cancer. Non-White race and age below 64 years were associated with a higher risk of filing for bankruptcy after a …
Pandemic measures are costing the UK £500million every day in lost output The NHS waiting list has soared to a record high of nearly 4.6million Pubs and restaurants are losing an estimated £1.7billion a week The appalling cost of a year of draconian Covid restrictions and lockdowns is laid bare today. On the eve of …
A grandmother has said she feels “overwhelmed” after more than £50,000 was raised to allow her to undergo pioneering cancer treatment. Carol Player’s sons Adam and Alex have led a fundraising drive for private care after her NHS clinical trial was halted due to the pandemic. The 57-year-old, who learnt her eye cancer had spread …
Aggressive pricing strategies target the U.S. market, according to reports from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Enormous drug company profits are the primary driver of soaring prescription drug prices in America, according to a damning investigation that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee began releasing Wednesday. The first two reports in the investigation focus on Celgene …
Financial Toxicity is a growing concern for many cancer patients and caregivers, and with the continued rise in treatment costs, it can no longer be ignored. In the United States, cancer is one of the most expensive diseases to treat, second only to heart disease, and cancer-related expenses are rising. This is, in fact, a …
Findings from a study found that health care costs for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who received treatment with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine or fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) are driven mostly by outpatient costs (J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020;26[7]:872-878. doi:10.18553/jmcp.2020.26.7.872). “Management of metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma… places a significant financial burden on the …
Genetic testing for all women over 30 would prevent millions of deaths from breast and ovarian cancer globally and be cost effective in medium and higher income countries. That is the conclusion of international research published in the journal Cancers, looking at the economic case for population-level screening for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. Breast …