Coping Mechanisms for Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Survey-based Assessment.
Stephen B WilliamsPhillip J SchulteEugene D KwonStacie B DusetzinaKelvin A MosesVidit SharmaDavid F PensonJon C TilburtStephen A BoorjianPublished in: The Journal of urology (2023)
In this cross-sectional study, patients with metastatic prostate cancer and high financial toxicity were more likely to decrease spending on basic goods and leisure activities and use savings to pay for care. Understanding the impact of financial toxicity on patients' lives is crucial to inform shared decision-making and interventions designed to mitigate financial toxicity in this population.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- oxidative stress
- affordable care act
- radical prostatectomy
- physical activity
- healthcare
- small cell lung cancer
- ejection fraction
- squamous cell carcinoma
- newly diagnosed
- health insurance
- childhood cancer
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- quality improvement
- pain management
- social support
- chronic pain