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Patient-centered financial navigation assistance helps reduce financial toxicity among cancer patients

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Patient-centered financial navigation assistance helps reduce financial toxicity among cancer patients
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Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. Collectively, researchers refer to this impact as financial toxicity.

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