Financial toxicity among head and neck cancer patients and their caregivers: A cross‐sectional pilot study

• Published in: Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 450 - 457
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Oliver T., Donato, Umberto, McCormick, Rachael, Reblin, Maija, Kim, Lindsay, Hume, Emma, Otto, Amy K., Alishahi Tabriz, Amir, Islam, Jessica Y., Hong, Young‐Rock, Turner, Kea, Patel, Krupal B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Cancer therapies; Caregivers; Clinical outcomes; Consent; Ethnicity; Family income; Feasibility studies; financial burden; financial toxicity; Head & neck cancer; head and neck cancer; Head and Neck, and Tumor Biology; Health insurance; Hispanic Americans; Households; Missing data; Original Research; Patients; Questionnaires; caregivers; financial toxicity; head and neck cancer; financial burden

Objectives Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients experience greater financial toxicity than other cancer patients. Research on financial toxicity has concentrated on patients despite many informal caregivers sharing finances and reducing work hours to provide patient care. Thus, our pilot study: (1) a...