Pediatric Cancers and Family Financial Toxicity in the Philippines: Insights for Southeast Asia and Similarly Resourced Settings

• Main Authors: Columbres, Rod Carlo, Feliciano, Erin Jay G, Taleon-Tampo, Kathleen Joy, Legaspi, Katelyn Edelwina Y., Eala, Michelle Ann B., Ng, Kenrick, Chino, Fumiko, Ting, Frederic Ivan L., Dee, Edward Christopher
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Diseases; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neoplasms; Oncology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/197; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/asmph-pubs/article/1201/viewcontent/PIIS2666606524001081.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Cancer is a leading cause of death among children in the Philippines, a low-middle-income country of over 110 million people. In this Comment, we describe how financial toxicity affects families of pediatric patients with cancer in the Philippines. We explore direct costs of care, indirect costs suc...