Karen Sock still remembers the day she found a lump under her right breast. “I made a couple of appointments to go to the doctor, and I canceled,” Sock said. More than 275,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. The average treatment will cost anywhere between $20,000 and $100,000. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/10/22/how-much-it-costs-to-treat-breast-cancer.html Sock, …
Bertrand Levesque was having most of the cost of his cancer treatments picked up by Medicare, his son Roger said. Then the Newington resident in his eighties had a bad reaction to his chemotherapy shots and had to switch to oral chemotherapy which he takes at home. The transition, from going to a cancer center …
Financial hardship is linked with higher death risk, irrespective of an individual’s cancer history. These findings were presented at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium. People who have survived cancer are known to experience financial hardship in the United States. “Compared to individuals without a cancer history, cancer survivors have …
This autumn the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will go to Parliament and set out the UK Government’s spending priorities. It comes during a difficult time for the UK, and as this Government’s first spending review, it will be an opportunity for setting the future direction of the NHS, research and cancer care. The challenge ahead is …
A mum has resorted to having to pay for her own cancer treatment after a drugs trial which could have prolonged her life was cancelled due to coronavirus. Carol Player, 57, from Birmingham, was due to be given an experimental treatment on the NHS after surgery to remove cancer from her liver failed. But it …
Women Diagnosed With Cancer Experience Poor Employment, Financial Outcomes2020-10-16 13:57:00Alana Hippensteele, EditorWomen diagnosed with cancer as adolescents or young adults can be especially vulnerable to the impact of the disease and its treatment on their ability to work, according to a study published in the American Cancer Society. These employment disruptions have the potential to become …
RICHMOND, Va. — Breast cancer runs in Catina Jones’ family. Her mom and grandma are both survivors. Catina’s sister Erica Scott was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) after it was too late to cure. MBC is when the cancer has spread to another part of a patient’s body. Catina said the mother of seven …
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Thursday released a report detailing the costs of treating cancer, specifically out-of-pocket costs typical cancer patients face. The report found U.S. cancer patients in 2018 spent $5.6 billion in out-of-pocket costs for cancer treatment. Overall, the disease cost the country $183 billion in direct cancer-related health …
Cancer and its treatment can impact an individual’s ability to work, and employment disruptions can lead to financial hardships. A new study indicates that women who were diagnosed with cancer as adolescents or young adults can be especially vulnerable to these effects. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American …
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a time to turn our attention to an issue that already warrants our focus year-round. Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in nearly every country on earth. In the United States alone, someone is diagnosed every two minutes, and every four minutes someone dies from this …