How Should We Manage the Financial Toxicity of Cancer Treatment? - a podcast by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

A study by Ramsey and colleagues suggests that extreme financial distress as manifested by personal bankruptcy might be associated with worse mortality in cancer patients. Long-term solutions have to focus on policy shifts involving how we set prices for drugs and how we design health insurance, but for more immediate solutions interventions have to focus on the oncologist and patient.

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