24% of black women delayed or refused recommended breast cancer treatment due to cost compared to just 11% of white women, the University of North Carolina researchers found. Story from our archives BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
A cancer diagnosis is always devastating, but for some it leaves more financial wreckage than others.
“Financial hardship plays a role in delays, discontinuation and omission of treatment, and thus may correlate with racial disparities in breast cancer death,” said Stephanie Wheeler, the study’s lead author and an associate professor in the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. “With cancer-care costs rapidly increasing, culturally appropriate strategies are urgently needed to address this problem.
“There are a lot of costs people don’t realize they will have, whether it is co-pays, transportation costs [or] parking at the hospital,” said Jean Sachs, chief executive officer of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a nonprofit in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. “All of those combined with other things people have to do when they have cancer—whether it’s buying a wig, eating differently, or trying new exercises, it adds up.
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