Dealing with the financial burden of cancer: perspectives of older breast cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3045-3052

  Pisu, Maria ^a   Martin, Michelle Y ^a   Shewchuk, Richard ^b   Meneses, Karen ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Financial burden; Financial toxicity; Older women; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL WORKER; SUPPORT GROUP; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84919396001     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2298-9     Document Type: Article

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