July 2017 | Vol 41 issue No 2

Cost of cancer to the patient

Guest Editor: Nikki McCaffrey

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Overview: Cost of cancer to the patient

Nikki McCaffrey

Impact of financial costs of cancer on patients – the Australian experience

Christine L Paul, Elizabeth A Fradgley, Della Roach, Hannah Baird

Regulatory and government funding agency consideration of monetary costs to the cancer patient

Camille Schubert

Cost of informal caregiving in cancer care

Afaf Girgis and Sylvie Lambert

Measurement of resource utilisation in cancer clinical studies – tools, issues and challenges

Sophy TF Shih and Rob Carter

Financial toxicity – what it is and how to measure it

Louisa G Gordon, Katharina MD Merollini, Anthony Lowe, Raymond J Chan

Unemployment after cancer – a hidden driver of financial toxicity

Bogda Koczwara

Concerns about cost of future medical care as a factor in advance care planning: Review and agenda for future research

Timothy R Ford, Robin C Cummings, J Brian Cassel

Articles

Clinical application of optimal care pathways at a regional cancer centre

Skye Kinder, Karla Gough, Meinir Krishnasamy

Reports

Support for research 2017

Western Australian Cancer Prevention Research Unit (WACPRU), Curtin University

Behavioural Research and Evaluation Unit (BREU), Cancer Council SA

Newcastle Cancer Control Collaborative (New-3C), NSW

Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC), Victoria

Cancer Council Australia

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia

Medical Oncology Group of Australia

Faculty of Radiation Oncology