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

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: 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
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• الموضوعات: Diseases; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neoplasms; Oncology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/197; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/asmph-pubs/article/1201/viewcontent/PIIS2666606524001081.pdf

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...