title: Financial toxicity in cancer care.
abstract: The cost of cancer care is increasing, with important implications for the delivery of high-quality, patent-centered care. In the clinical setting, patents and physicians express a desire to discuss out-of-pocket costs. Nevertheless, both groups feel inadequately prepared to participate in these discussions, and perhaps not surprisingly, the integration of these discussions into clinical practice seems to be the exception rather than the rule. The resulting neglect of financial issues has the potential to cause unnecessary suffering for oncology patents. In this paper, we review the most relevant literature on financial toxicity in cancer care. In addition, we discuss potential predictors of financial toxicity, and the recent development of instruments to help clinicians and researchers quantify financial burden.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Sheetal M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kircher
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago Medicine; Chicago, Illinois, USA. jdesouza@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Jonas A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Souza
keywords: cost of care; cost-effectiveness; financial toxicity; out-of-pocket costs