Wayne State researchers awarded $744,000 grant to help patients ask the right questions about financial costs of cancer treatmentFewer than half of patients have meaningful discussion of treatment costsResearchers believe clearer understanding of costs can improve outcomes and reduce stress Can patients be coached to ask the right questions to doctors about treatment costs when …
Caring for loved ones who are sick and can’t take care of themselves can be tough. It’s now more difficult because of isolation and economic hardships caused by the pandemic. Jennifer Mackinday said her life changed in an instant. In 2005, her brother James suffered severe injuries while serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army—including …
A single targeted dose of radiotherapy could be as effective at treating breast cancer as a full course, a long-term study suggests. Researchers said people who received the shorter treatment were also less likely to die of other cancers and heart disease in the following five years. But cancer specialists have raised concerns about the …
At 17, Akriti Gupta saw the lives of cancer patients and survivors up close. In 2015, her father was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer in 2015. During routine hospital visits, Akriti and her mother Kavita Gupta came across many breast cancer patients and learnt about their difficulties in finding a quality affordable …
In its heyday, during the mid-2000s through about 2015, the annual Relay for Life fundraising event in Kandiyohi County took in upward of $100,000 year after year. Funds raised provide needed support to cancer patients with extra expenses such as lodging and transportation. The funds also support research and education through the American Cancer Society. …
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 …
Parking costs can add hundreds—or thousands—of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses to the cost of cancer treatment. A new study did the math. Hospital Parking Adds To Cost of Cancer Treatment A new study examined parking fees at 63 cancer centers Parking fees can add $655 to $1,680 to treatment costs Some centers offer free parking …
Before nurses at the Norma Pfriem Breast Center in Trumbull began collecting donations of food and asking people to donate meals through local restaurants, as the coronavirus pandemic got underway, some cancer patients went weeks without a hot meal, staff said. The number of cancer patients who need help with food, utilities and transportation to …
If cancer has not and will not stop for the pandemic, can oncologists stop, asks Dr Rakesh Reddy Boya, Senior Medical Oncologist, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Vizag. He reviews the changes oncologists made to hospital practices to deal with the pandemic, some in line with guidelines and some with logic and reason. He also …
Worse mental and physical health, money worries, and problems accessing health care because of COVID-19 are among some of the pandemic-related hardships reported by people who care for disabled family members, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh. The survey of more than 3,500 family caregivers and non-caregivers was released late last week …