Cancer & Patients’ Debts

Many cancer patients are deep in debt because they cannot cover the costs of treatment as well as the other cancer care related expenses. This information comes from a report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore.

In previous studies it has been well demonstrated that cancer patients are facing financial difficulties, even in countries where the national public health system covers most of the expenses. Patients and survivors experience the economic hardship referred to as the “financial toxicity” of cancer. This …read more