Background: With rising cancer care costs, including high-priced cancer drugs, financial
hardship is increasingly documented among cancer survivors in the United States; research …

Purpose To estimate the prevalence of financial hardship associated with cancer in the United
States and identify characteristics of cancer survivors associated with financial hardship. …

The rising medical costs associated with cancer have led to considerable financial hardship
for patients and their families in the United States. Using data from the LIVESTRONG 2012 …

The number of persons in the United States with a history of cancer has increased from 3
million in 1971 to approximately 13.4 million in 2012, representing 4.6% of the population (1, 2)…

… Matthew P. Banegas has received a grant from AstraZeneca for work performed outside of …
Banegas contributed to the interpretation of the results, critical revision of the article, and final …

Approximately one‐half of individuals with cancer face personal economic burdens associated
with the disease and its treatment, a problem known as financial toxicity (FT). FT more …

Background: There are limited nationally representative estimates of the annual economic
burden among survivors of the three most prevalent cancers (colorectal, female breast, and …

Background: Although the number of cancer survivors has increased substantially over the
past several decades, the composition of survivors treated with radiotherapy is not well …

Introduction There is increasing concern regarding the financial burden of cancer on patients
and their families. This study presents nationally representative estimates of annual out-of-…

Importance Researchers often analyze cancer registry data to assess for differences in survival
among cancer treatments. However, the retrospective, nonrandomized design of these …