JCO Global Oncology (Mar 2024)
Local Sociocultural Practice Specific Financial Toxicity Assessment Tool for Cancer: An Emerging Need
- Parth Sharma,
- Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal,
- Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis,
- Charmaine Blanchard,
- Deepak Sudhakaran,
- Aju Mathew
Affiliations
- Parth Sharma
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- Charmaine Blanchard
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- Deepak Sudhakaran
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- Aju Mathew
- Parth Sharma, MBBS, Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune, India, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India; Muttacaud Ramakrishnan Rajagopal, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, MD, PhD, FASCO, Departamento de Geriatría, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Charmaine Blanchard, MBBCh, MPhil, PD Dip Pall Med, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Strengthening Oncology Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Deepak Sudhakaran, MD, MBBS, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, India; and Aju Mathew, MD, DM, MBBS, MPhil, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/GO.24.00039
- Journal volume & issue
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no. 10
Abstract
It is relevant to study the financial toxicity of cancer to address it. However, the existing tools fail to capture the financial destruction of cancer on patients and their families in resource-limited countries. The authors discuss the need for a new tool in this article.