Financial Hardship Among Patients With Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The degree of cancer patients' financial hardship is dynamic and can change over time.

Objective

To assess longitudinal changes in financial hardship among patients with early-stage colorectal cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective longitudinal cohort study, English-speaking adult patients with a new diagnosis of stage I to III colorectal cancer being treated with curative intent at National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) practices between May 2018 and July 2020 and who had not started chemotherapy and/or radiation were included. Data analysis was conducted from March to December 2023.

Main outcomes and measures

Patients completed surveys at baseline as well as at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months afte

SUBMITTER: Sadigh G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409151 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature