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Review
. 2024 Apr 20;16(4):e58643.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.58643. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Financial Toxicity in Radiation Oncology

Kanchan Gupta  1 , Bhupesh Parashar  2
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Review

Financial Toxicity in Radiation Oncology

Kanchan Gupta et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Financial toxicity details the financial burden patients face due to a variety of medical costs. Cancer patients, especially those receiving radiation therapy, are at a much higher risk of experiencing economic hardships than healthy people or people with other conditions. There are a variety of risk factors associated with financial toxicity as well as numerous tools to assess the toxicity experienced by patients. In this review article, we present a concise overview of contributors, risk factors, case studies, tools, impacts, and potential interventions of financial toxicity.

Keywords: cancer; economic hardship; financial toxicity; out of pocket costs; radiation therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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