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- Title
The Full Burden of Cancer.
- Authors
HASSETT, MICHAEL J.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the economic impact of cancer diagnosis on informal caregivers. The study surveyed caregivers of patients diagnosed with lung and colorectal cancer who participated in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (Can-CORS) consortium study. It reveals caregivers' number of hours spent providing care in a typical week, their hourly wage and their direct expenditures on cancer care.
- Subjects
CAREGIVERS; COLON tumors; LUNG tumors; RECTUM tumors; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; TIME; ECONOMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
Oncologist, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 8, p793
- ISSN
1083-7159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0211