Patients aged 70 years or older with cancer may be susceptible to financial toxicity, which is correlated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL), according to a study. “Almost half of conversations among patients reporting [financial toxicity] demonstrated costs are being actively discussed. Resources and interventions are needed to manage [financial toxicity],” the researchers stated. They …

While likely well-intentioned, the use of crowdfunding campaigns for cancer care may not actually benefit the patients with the most significant economic need, new research suggests. In fact, the study authors concluded, “By rewarding those with existing socioeconomic advantage, cancer crowdfunding may perpetuate socioeconomic disparities in cancer care access. The findings also underscore the widespread nature …

Ella Wolff was on holiday in Cape Verde in 2018 when the vision in her right eye began to go blurry. When she got back from the trip, she expected to be given a glasses prescription; instead the 25-year-old from Ashbocking, Suffolk, was diagnosed with ocular cancer – an incredibly rare form of the disease affecting just six in 1 …

Nicole Elkabbas used the ill-gotten gains to fund shopping excursions, trips to Barcelona and Rome, gambling, as well as a club box at Tottenham Hotspur football club A mother who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 through a GoFundMe page has been found guilty of fraud. Nicole Elkabbas scammed well-wishers out of …

Nicole Elkabbass is accused of using the alleged ill-gotten gains to splash out on jaunts abroad and tickets to Tottenham Hotspur, as well as restaurants and “heavy gambling” A mum allegedly faked cancer to rake in £45,000 from well-wishers which she then splurged on foreign holidays and trips to Premier League football matches, a court …

Mum-of-three Leanne Towers, 37, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, wired herself up with fake medical machinery to stand up her “wicked” lie about having terminal leukaemia A mum who “wickedly” wired herself up with fake medical machinery as she lied about having terminal leukaemia has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence. Leanne Towers, 37, told …

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Annexus Health recently launched an initiative aimed at increasing awareness of patient financial toxicity—the hardships resulting from expensive and frequently unaffordable health care.  In a series of video vignettes featured on the Annexus website, three cancer survivors share their personal experiences with financial toxicity: “Cancer takes its own toll on you. When you …

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At a housing unit turned health clinic in rural Brown County, the director of a family planning clinic laughs at the idea of offering tele-health visits to limit the virus’ spread: “Where we are, that is just not an option for us.” Need to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? Our evening roundup will …

For men with early-stage prostate cancer, choices about initial treatment carry varying risks of “financial toxicity,” reports a study in The Journal of Urology®, Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. The cost of cancer care can be high and the financial burden of …