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Mashup Score: 3JCO Oncology Practice Podcast: Debt or Dying: The JCO OP Financial Toxicity Special Issue - 13 hour(s) ago
Host Dr. Fumiko Chino sits down with co-editor and health outcomes researcher Dr. Ryan Nipp, and contributing author Dr. Kelly who is living with metastatic breast cancer to have a candid conversation about financial toxicity, the lived experience for patients, and what we can do to move the needle on affordability in cancer care. TRANSCRIPT The disclosures for guests on this podcast can be found in the show notes. Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello and welcome to the inaugural episode of , the podcast for . I’m , an Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. In today’s episode, we’ll be highlighting the special issue of focused on financial toxicity. I’m delighted to serve as an editor for this special issue, and I’m overjoyed to welcome two guests who were instrumental in creating the issue. The first is my co-editor, Dr. Ryan Nipp. He’s a Medical Oncologist focused on GI cancers at the University of Oklaho
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Mashup Score: 49Fellow - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) - 4 day(s) ago
The ASTRO Fellow designation (FASTRO) is awarded based on length of ASTRO membership and commendable service to ASTRO and to the field of radiation oncology.
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😎 Just a FASCO & a FASTRO on vacation this weekend. Congrats to Dr @radoncology! FASTRO requires significant service to @ASTRO_org with commendable contributions to the field of #radonc in leadership/service, research, patient care &/or education. https://t.co/PZaFJa87yP https://t.co/OrZBiHc87G
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Mashup Score: 0What Oncologists Must Account for: The Financial Burden of Cancer-Associated Symptom Relief | JCO Oncology Practice - 5 day(s) ago
The costs of cancer care in the United States are significant and rising. 1 With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act a decade ago, cancer survivors have had increased health insurance coverage and decreased out-of-pocket expenses relative to the overall increase in health care expenditures. 2, 3 However, the costs of diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with active cancer continue to be highlighted as rising causes of financial burden, especially in the era of novel (and expensive)
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@IBCradiation @ASCO @JCOOP_ASCO and the decision to change mediations because of patient cost concerns can only be made by the prescriber." https://t.co/ZATBQaCQFe
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Mashup Score: 8
The direct and indirect financial burden of cancer care, from medication costs to lost wages, results in financial toxicity for patients. Despite the growing recognition of financial toxicity as a problem for patients, there are few solutions available at …Structured conversations about costs of cancer care may mitigate financial toxicity for patients.
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Cost Conversations to Mitigate the Effects of #FinancialToxicity in Oncology: Current State, Opportunities, and Barriers @JCOOP_ASCO @ASCO @dalialittman @anhbl9 https://t.co/dAnUn8hXhr https://t.co/4kNmm9HFIL
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Mashup Score: 7Debt or Dying: The High Costs of Cancer Care in America, One Patient's Perspective | JCO Oncology Practice - 10 day(s) ago
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. The following represents disclosure information provided by the author of this manuscript. All relationships are considered compensated unless otherwise noted. Relationships are self-held unless noted. I = Immediate Family Member, Inst = My Instit ution. Relationships may not relate to the subject matter of this manuscript. For more information about ASCO’s conflict of interest policy, please refer to www.asco.org/rwc or ascopubs.org/
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Mashup Score: 32
In this episode, Dr. Fumiko Chino shares her inspiring journey from art director to oncologist, driven by her experience as a caregiver. She highlights the gap between ideal and actual cancer care by discussing a breast cancer imaging study.
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☢️⚡️🧬 "As a radiation oncologist... I mean I'm basically aiming invisible light into people to kill cancer cells that may or may not be there. I mean it seems like very woo woo. It seems like magic, right?" 😅😂🤣with @SamiraDaswani from @manta_cares https://t.co/0UpmrdrlYo https://t.co/bICoyNPpYb
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Mashup Score: 49Caregiver-Reported Quality in Hospices Owned by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies - 29 day(s) ago
This study compares differences in caregiver-reported hospice quality across categories of ownership, including for-profit private equity firm (PEF)/publicly traded company (PTC)–owned and non-PEF/PTC–owned hospices as well as not-for-profit–owned hospices.
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Surveyed caregivers of those who died on hospice had worse experiences including timely care and symptom management in hospices owned by private equity firms. 🏥💸⚕️More evidence that, when you run healthcare like a business, people suffer. https://t.co/LGfsU6VUL2 https://t.co/4W9l5XEKSG
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Mashup Score: 5I have Stage IV cancer: Celebrating a killer won’t save lives like mine. Here’s what will | Opinion - 1 month(s) ago
I’m a 48-year-old lung cancer patient with a folder full of my own denial letters to show for it.
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"For me, and millions of others, health care today is a race against the clock. Celebrating a killer won’t extend my life or anyone else’s, but enacting common-sense legislative reforms almost certainly will." #FixPriorAuth https://t.co/wcMYhMnJgY
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Mashup Score: 20For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion - 1 month(s) ago
Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It’s not a game. It’s life and death.
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"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose." Honored to work w/ Dr @NathanAGray on a graphic op-ed out now @USATODAY on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain. https://t.co/JPXhlBYxb5 https://t.co/KZMlOnHD6C
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Mashup Score: 19For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion - 1 month(s) ago
Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It’s not a game. It’s life and death.
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"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose." Honored to work w/ Dr @NathanAGray on a graphic op-ed out now @USATODAY on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain. https://t.co/JPXhlBYxb5 https://t.co/KZMlOnHD6C
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I sit down with co-editor & Dr. @RyanNipp , & contributing author Dr. @stage4kelly to have a candid conversation about #financialtoxicity, the lived experience for patients, & what we can do to move the needle on affordability in cancer care. @JCOOP_ASCO https://t.co/8vR3IQLOSH