Longitudinal development and clinical predictors of financial toxicity among radiation oncology patients: final results of the SOCOFIN study
Predictors of FT were predominantly socioeconomic, such as baseline financial difficulties, net income, employment stability, and sense of coherence, which superseded tumor- or treatment-specific variables. The findings of this study underscore the necessity of multifactorial, early screening before RT to mitigate FT among radiation oncology patients.
Authors
- Alexander Ziegler
- Sonia Ziegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-3172)
- Rami A. El Shafie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-7882)
- Manuel Guhlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2599-6196)
- Jan Oelmann
- Laura Anna Fischer
- Martin Leu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3883-6837)
- Jann Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8826-5662)
- Leif H. Dröge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5378-4246)
- Stefan Rieken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7018-2856)
- Friederike Braulke
- Thomas Asendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1317-2138)
- Stephanie Bendrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6562-6616)
- Oliver Rick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-1008)
- Anna Luisa Kreuser
Institutions
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Medizinische Universität Lausitz - Carl Thiem (DE)
- Werner-Wicker-Klinik (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-025-02479-9
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen