Financial toxicity and its associated patient and cancer factors among women with breast cancer: a single-center analysis of low-middle income region in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingfeng Jing ◽  
Ran Feng ◽  
Xiaojun Zhang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Jinnan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Financial Toxicity ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Middle Income

scholarly journals Financial toxicity due to breast cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thu Ngan ◽  
Hoang Van Minh ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
Ciaran O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Treatment Costs ◽  
Financial Toxicity ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Gains ◽  
Tertiary Hospitals

Abstract Background This study examined the financial toxicity faced by breast cancer (BC) patients in Vietnam and the factors associated with the risk and degree of that toxicity. Methods A total of 309 BC patients/survivors completed an online survey (n=209) or a face-to-face interview (n=100) at two tertiary hospitals. Descriptive statistics and χ2 tests were used to identify and analyse the forms and degree of financial toxicity faced by BC patients/survivors. A Cragg hurdle model assessed variation in risk and the degree of financial toxicity due to treatment. Results 41% of respondents faced financial toxicity due to BC treatment costs. The mean amount of money that exceeded BC patients/survivors’ ability to pay was 153 million Vietnamese Dong (VND) ($6602) and ranged from 2.42 million VND to 1358 million VND ($104–58,413). A diagnosis at stage II or III of BC was associated with 16.0 and 18.0 million VND (~$690–777) more in the degree of financial toxicity compared with patients who were diagnosed at stage 0/I, respectively. Being retired or married or having full (100%) health insurance was associated with a decrease in the degree of financial toxicity. Conclusions A significant proportion of Vietnamese BC patients/survivors face serious financial toxicity due to BC treatment costs. There is a need to consider the introduction of measures that would attenuate this hardship and promote uptake of screening for the reduction in financial toxicity as well as the health gains it may achieve through earlier detection of cancer.

Mastectomy trends for early-stage breast cancer: a single-center experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (50) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Cristian Lungulescu ◽  
Mihaela Dănciulescu ◽  
Denisa Bărbulescu ◽  
Ana Dorobanţu ◽  
Georgiana Camen
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Early Stage Breast Cancer ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Single Center Experience

scholarly journals Breast Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Emerging and Challenging Epidemic

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arafat Tfayli ◽  
Sally Temraz ◽  
Rachel Abou Mrad ◽  
Ali Shamseddine
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Breast cancer is a major health care problem that affects more than one million women yearly. While it is traditionally thought of as a disease of the industrialized world, around 45% of breast cancer cases and 55% of breast cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Managing breast cancer in low income countries poses a different set of challenges including access to screening, stage at presentation, adequacy of management and availability of therapeutic interventions. In this paper, we will review the challenges faced in the management of breast cancer in low and middle income countries.

scholarly journals EP-1182: Locoregional treatment of breast cancer with IMRT: a single center experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. S640-S641
Author(s):  
I. Ratosa ◽  
A. Jenko ◽  
R. Hudej ◽  
F. Kos ◽  
A. Gojkovic Horvat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Locoregional Treatment ◽  
Single Center Experience
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