Financial toxicity in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy – A German multicenter analysis
Despite universal healthcare coverage and treatment in certified centers, a substantial proportion of breast cancer patients experienced financial toxicity. The findings suggest that socioeconomic consequences of treatment remain under-addressed in structured cancer care. Broader interventions are needed to mitigate financial distress in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
Authors
- Jan-Niklas Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-0899)
- Bjarn-Ove Tetzlaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-0585)
- Alexander Fabian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2415-527X)
- Maike Trommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2864-4273)
- Melanie Schneider
- Alexander Rühle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-897X)
- David A. Krug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-5416)
- Mathias Sonnhoff
- Georg Wurschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8751-9862)
- Nils H Nicolay
- Elodie Bockelmann
- Lukas Käsmann
- Justus Domschikowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-1302)
- Simone Ferdinandus
- Christoph Grott
- Simon Böke
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- Ophthalmology Clinic (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2025.101071
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00