financial toxicity

Ebony Boulware, M.D., and Peter Ubel, M.D., have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

October 22, 2019

Announcements Awards DCI Research

Zafar Named Director of Healthcare Innovation

Yousuf Zafar, MD, associate professor of Medicine and Public Policy, was recently appointed director of Healthcare Innovation for DCI.

October 7, 2019

Announcements

Healthcare Access, Equity and Real-World Data

Yousuf Zafar, MD, comments on the findings of a study on the impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion and its relevance for his patients.

June 2, 2019

In the News Patient Stories

The Toxic Cost Of Cancer

Motivated by her late husband's cancer journey, Fumiko Chino, MD, a resident in radiation oncology, studies the high cost of cancer care.

May 8, 2018

Addressing the Costs of Cancer Care

Patients coping with cancer face numerous challenges, from the emotional reaction to a diagnosis, to lasting, difficult treatment regimens, to having ...

July 7, 2015

Features

Breast Cancer Patients Prefer Knowing Costs Prior to Starting Treatment

Even when they had good health insurance coverage, women with breast cancer reported having financial worries related to their care, and the vast majority said they preferred to know about treatment costs at the time of diagnosis.

September 25, 2018

Announcements Patient Stories

DCI Cancer Clinicians Tackle Financial Toxicity

Financial toxicity. Google it and you’ll find it’s the new catchphrase to describe the escalating costs of cancer care.The leading killer of patients ...

May 31, 2017

Seed Funds Awarded For Financial Toxicity Study

Duke Cancer Institute radiation oncologists Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD; David Brizel, MD; and Fumiko Chino, MD; have been granted $50,971 in seed funding ...

May 1, 2018

Announcements DCI Research

ACA Policies and Out-of-Pocket Caps

A hypothetical leukemia patient buying the life-extending drug therapy for his condition would reach his annual out-of-pocket maximum in a month on...

June 6, 2016

Announcements DCI Research

Out-of-Pocket Costs Exceed What Many Insured Cancer Patients Expect to Pay

A third of insured people with cancer end up paying more out-of-pocket than they expected, despite having health coverage, researchers at the Duke Can...

August 8, 2017

Announcements DCI Research Features

Mobile Financial Assistance Tool in Development

Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, and healthcare technology company Vivor are the recent recipients of a National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute ...

October 7, 2016

Announcements DCI Research

Zafar Named To The Samfund Advisory Council

Yousuf Zafar, MD, associate professor of medicine and public policy, has been named to The Samfund Advisory Council. In his role on the council, Zafar...

August 9, 2017

Announcements Awards

No One Should Battle Cancer Alone, Community Helps

Diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer and admitted to a local hospital, Laura Gould-White, 48, a wife and mother of three, found herself besieged by bi...

August 3, 2018

Patient Stories

DCI Cancer Clinicians Tackle Financial Toxicity

Financial toxicity. Google it and you’ll find it’s the new catchphrase to describe the escalating costs of cancer care.The leading killer of patients ...

January 27, 2017

DCI Research Patient Stories

Making Pigs Fly? Investigators Up To The Challenge

When Duke Cancer Institute researcher Christopher Pirozzi, PhD, was an intern doing stem cell research in Australia, he spotted a child’s mobile of a ...

November 6, 2017

DCI Research Features