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As therapeutic options for cancer evolve and become more complex, the concept of financial toxicity has emerged. The comprehensive score for financial toxicity (COST) and iMTA Productivity Cost questionnaires (iPCQ) represent two tools developed to measure the concept. The aim of this pilot study was to review the impact of financial toxicity in patients with cancer in an Australian public setting where there is a universal health care model.

This pilot study utilized an exploratory, cross‐sectional design in a single Australian large inner‐city tertiary center. After providing written consent eligible patients, in an ambulatory setting, completed four self‐reporting questionnaires, which were written in English (basic demographics, COST, iPCQ and the European Organization Research Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire‐C30 [EORTC‐QLQ‐C30]).

Of 97 patients approached, 66 …