Financial toxicity describes the financial burden and distress that can arise for patients, and
their family members, as a result of cancer treatment. It includes direct out-of-pocket costs for …

Background: Aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care is associated with lower quality of life and
greater regret about treatment decisions. Higher EOL costs are also associated with lower …

Despite the enormous efforts done by the scientific community in the last decades, advanced
cancer is still considered an incurable disease. New formulations are continuously under …

Hospital certification has become an important measure to improve cancer care quality, with
the potential effect of prolonging patient survival and reducing medical spending. However …

Background Bladder cancer care is costly, including cost to Medicare, but the medical cost
associated with bladder cancer patients relative to identical persons without bladder cancer …

Importance Health care costs associated with diagnosis and care among older adults with
multiple myeloma (MM) are substantial, with cost of care and the factors involved differing …

Objective The cost of treating metastatic colorectal cancer places a significant economic
burden on individuals, populations, and health care. However, there is a paucity of …

Esophageal cancer is an aggressive malignancy with a relatively poor prognosis even after
multimodality therapy. Currently, patients undergo a series of investigations that can be …

Colorectal cancer is a global public health issue and imposes a significant economic burden
on populations and healthcare systems. This paper systematically reviews the literature to …

Background Cervical cancer imposes considerable economic burden on societies and
individuals. There is lack of evidence regarding this from the developing world and …