Financial Difficulty Over Time in Young Adults With Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Young adults aged 18 to 39 years represent the minority of breast cancer diagnoses but are particularly vulnerable to financial hardship. Factors contributing to sustained financial hardship are unknown.

Objectives

To identify financial hardship patterns over time and characterize factors associated with discrete trajectories; it was hypothesized that treatment-related arm morbidity, a key source of expense, would be associated with long-term financial difficulty.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included US young adults aged 40 years or younger treated between 2006 and 2016. Eligible patients were treated for stage 0 to stage III breast cancer at institutions participating in the Young Women's Breast Cancer Study, which included a specia

SUBMITTER: Myers SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11561695 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature