Evaluating the impact of virtual oncology financial and legal navigation on cancer-related financial toxicity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the impact of a virtual oncology financial and legal navigation (OFLN) intervention on cancer-related financial toxicity (FT) and health-related quality of life (QOL) in pediatric and adolescent and young adult (PAYA) cancer patients and caregivers, as well as to assess the intervention's acceptability and feasibility.

Methods

A single-arm trial was conducted in a PAYA oncology clinic between March 2024 and May 2025. Pre- and post-intervention surveys included the Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST), Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System global health, anxiety and depression scales, National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Distress Thermometer, and intervention acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of measures.

SUBMITTER: Edward JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC13637623 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature