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Patient‑centered financial navigation cuts cancer care toxicity

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Medical Xpress reports that the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem for patients . Medical Xpress reports that this burden can cause patients to delay or forgo treatment and skip medications, a phenomenon known as financial toxicity . Medical Xpress reports that UNC Lineberger researcher Stephanie B. Wheeler presented a clinical trial of a patient‑centered financial navigation intervention called Lessening the Impact of Financial Toxicity (LIFT) at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium on Oct. 16 . Medical Xpress reports that the LIFT intervention significantly reduced financial toxicity experienced by adult cancer patients in the trial . Medical Xpress reports that the trial results were published simultaneously in a peer‑reviewed journal .

Why it matters. Medical Xpress reports that reduced financial toxicity may improve treatment adherence for cancer patients .

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