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Experienced financial toxicity among long-term cancer survivors
Oct 14, 2024, 16:54

Experienced financial toxicity among long-term cancer survivors

Maryam Lustberg posted on LinkedIn about recent paper by Jente M. Klok et al., titled “Experienced financial toxicity among long-term cancer survivors: results from a national cross-sectional survey” published on Springer Link.

Authors: Jente M. Klok, Saskia Duijts, Vivian Engelen, Roel Masselink, Anne-Marie Dingemans, Joachim Aerts, Hester F. Lingsma, David van Klaveren

Experienced financial toxicity among long-term cancer survivors

“In a survey of over 4000 cancer survivors:

  • 75% experienced income loss and/or extra expenses after diagnosis.
  • 1/3 of the previously employed respondents needed work disability benefits.
  • Being unable to make ends meet’ increased from 2% before diagnosis to 13%.”