Patient recommendations for reducing long-lasting economic burden after breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, patients who have breast cancer experience significant economic burden compared with those who have other types of cancers. Cancer-related economic burden is exacerbated by adverse treatment effects. Strategies to resolve the economic burden caused by breast cancer and its adverse treatment effects have stemmed from the perspectives of health care providers, oncology navigators, and other subject-matter experts. For the current study, patient-driven recommendations were elicited to reduce economic burden after 1) breast cancer and 2) breast cancer-related lymphedema, which is a common, persistent adverse effect of breast cancer.

Methods

Qualitative interviews were conducted with 40 long-term breast cancer survivors who were residents of Penns

SUBMITTER: Dean LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6508994 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature