The long-term financial experiences of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors

DiscussionAYA survivors face long-term financial hardship after cancer treatment, which impacts multiple domains, including their use of healthcare and their personal finances. Interventions are needed to provide AYAs with tools to navigate financial aspects of the healthcare system; connect them with resources; and create systems-level solutions to address healthcare affordability.Implications for Cancer SurvivorsSurvivorship care providers, particularly those who interact with AYA survivors, must be attuned to the unique risk for financial hardships facing this population and make efforts to increase access available interventions.
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research