Assessment of the financial toxicity in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a cross-sectional study in western China
In this study, the prevalence of FT in DTC patients was 47.8%. FT was associated with younger age, lower educational level, uninsured, had lower household income, and advanced cancer. Clinicians should identify patients by predictors early and conduct psychological interventions.
Authors
- Lei Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-657X)
- Liu Le-mei
- LI Fan-min
- Qianqian Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-771X)
- Xue Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-6498)
- Hua Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-6239)
- Jun Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0171-9263)
- Qiaoling Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-195X)
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Sichuan Cancer Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1391744
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00