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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023

Financial toxicity among cancer patients, survivors and their families in the United Kingdom: a scoping review.

Tran T Ngan, Tran H Tien, Michael Donnelly, Ciaran O'Neill

Open access · hybridAbstract readScoping Review
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Association between time to treatment and financial toxicity among women with breast cancer in Ethiopia: a multicentre study in a low-resource setting.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  10. Financial toxicity amongst cancer patients and survivors: a comparative study of the United Kingdom and United States.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  16. Financial difficulties experienced by patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) in the Netherlands: data from a cross-sectional multicentre study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Tran T NganCentre for Public Health,  Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2771-9878
Tran H TienDepartment of Cancer Control and Population Health, National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Goyang 10408, Korea.
Michael DonnellyCentre for Public Health,  Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Ciaran O'NeillCentre for Public Health,  Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Queen's University Belfast · GBUniversity Medical Center HCMC · VN

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this scoping review was to identify key research gaps and priorities in order to advance policy and practice for people living with cancer in the UK.

methodsThe review adhered to PRISMA guidelines for scoping review. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar on 16 July 2022. There were no restrictions in terms of study design and publication time; gray literature was included. The key words, 'financial' or 'economic', were combined with each of the following words 'hardship/stress/burden/distress/strain/toxicity/catastrophe/consequence/impact.'

results29/629 studies/reports published during 1982-2022 were eligible to be included in the review. No study conducted a comprehensive inquiry and reported all aspects of financial toxicity (FT) or used a validated measure of FT. The most three commonly reported outcomes related to financial hardship were financial well-being (24/29), benefit/welfare (17/29) and mental health status (16/29).

conclusionsIt is evident that FT is experienced by UK cancer patients/survivors and that the issue is under-researched. There is an urgent need for further research including rigorous studies which contribute to a comprehensive understanding about the nature and extent of FT, disparities in experience, the impacts of FT on outcomes and potential solutions to alleviate FT and related problems.

Indexed as

Cancer SurvivorsNeoplasmsCost of IllnessFinancial StressHumansSurvivors

Identifiers

PMID37541834
PMCPMC10687873
OpenAlexW4385566513

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