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Dr Yousuf Zafar Explains How Financial Toxicity Impacts Cancer Patients
The term financial toxicity is relatively new and is being used to draw parallels between the physical toxicities of chemotherapy and the cost-related burdens cancer patients face.
Insured cancer patients who are experiencing more and more out-of-pocket costs are finding themselves having to cut back on basics like food and clothing, Yousuf Zafar, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Duke Cancer Institute, said in December at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
The term financial toxicity is relatively new and it is used to draw parallels between the physical toxicities of chemotherapy and the cost-related burdens cancer patients feel, he explained.
“There is a direct and concrete impact of financial toxicity on the quality of cancer care,” Dr Zafar added.
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November 22nd 2024In this second part of our discussion with Don M. Benson, MD, PhD, from our recent Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Cleveland, Ohio, he explains how his ultimate goal for his patients is for them to live as long and as well as possible.
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