The association of financial difficulties with clinical outcomes in cancer patients: secondary analysis of 16 academic prospective clinical trials conducted in Italy

Financial difficulties, measured by the EORTC C30 questionnaire, were associated with worse quality of life and shorter overall survival of cancer patients enrolled in 16 academic clinical trials performed within the Italian public health system. The pooled database included 3670 patients with lung, breast or ovarian cancer. This finding support further studies on financial toxicity in Europe.

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