Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Not Just Nausea And Vomiting: Cancer Docs Now Worry About 'Financial Toxicity'

This story is part of WBUR's "This Moment In Cancer" series. Sign up here to get series updates in your inbox.....
Just imagine how it would feel:
Your doctor diagnoses cancer. She says there’s a good chance you can beat it, or keep it under control for a long time. But you can’t afford the thousands of dollars you’d have to pay for treatment that your health insurer won't cover.
That cruel dilemma is cropping up every day among the 1.5 million Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. And it’s getting worse with every new cancer drug that’s approved.
Cancer specialists have a name for it: financial toxicity.,,,

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