The economic burden of cancer in the UK: a study of survivors treated with curative intent

ConclusionsThis study found the economic burden of cancer survivorship is unevenly distributed in the population and that cancer survivors may still incur substantial costs over 1 year post‐diagnosis. In addition, this study illustrates the feasibility of using an innovative online data collection platform to collect patient‐reported resource utilisation information. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - June 18, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joachim Marti, Peter S. Hall, Patrick Hamilton, Claire T. Hulme, Helen Jones, Galina Velikova, Laura Ashley, Penny Wright Tags: Paper Source Type: research