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Patient-centered financial navigation assistance helps reduce financial toxicity among cancer patients
by Thomas Hughes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem.
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Among cancer patients, the high cost of care creates a significant financial burden that researchers call financial toxicity. This burden can lead patients to adopt harmful coping strategies, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. The article highlights that these behaviors may worsen health outcomes. No further details are provided.
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