The financial toxicity of cancer treatment: a pilot study assessing out-of-pocket expenses and the insured cancer patient's experience.

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Published in Oncologist on February 26, 2013

Authors

S Yousuf Zafar1, Jeffrey M Peppercorn, Deborah Schrag, Donald H Taylor, Amy M Goetzinger, Xiaoyin Zhong, Amy P Abernethy

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Learning Health Care, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. yousuf.zafar@duke.edu

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