Unmet need for clinician engagement regarding financial toxicity after diagnosis of breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known regarding whether growing awareness of the financial toxicity of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment has increased clinician engagement or changed the needs of current patients.

Methods

The authors surveyed patients with early-stage breast cancer who were identified through population-based sampling from 2 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) regions and their physicians. The authors described responses from approximately 73% of surgeons (370 surgeons), 61% of medical oncologists (306 medical oncologists), 67% of radiation oncologists (169 radiation oncologists), and 68% of patients (2502 patients).

Results

Approximately one-half (50.9%) of responding medical oncologists reported that someone in their practice often or always

SUBMITTER: Jagsi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6553459 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature