Episode 205: COVID-Driven Financial Toxicity and Cancer Care

<span data-contrast="none">The inflating price tag of cancer care means that more patients are facing the difficult choice of paying for everyday needs or their cancer treatment. Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, MS, associate professor of radiation medicine and applied sciences at the University of California San Diego and a member of Moores Cancer Center’s Cancer Control Program, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about</span> <span data-contrast="none">COVID-driven financial hardship and its implications for cancer care</span><span data-contrast= "none">.</span> <span data-contrast="none">Banegas</span> <a href= "https://ons.confex.com/ons/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Session/4391"><span data-contrast="none"> presented</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">about the topic at the 47th Annual ONS Congress in Anaheim, CA, on April 30, 2022</span><span data-contrast="none">; his session is linked in the episode notes</span><span data-contrast="none">.</span> <span data-contrast="none">You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked in the episode notes. </span><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span> <p><span data-contrast="none">Music Credit: </span><span data-contrast="auto">"</span><a href= "http://www.incompetech.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Fireflies and Stardust</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">" by Kevin MacLeod</span><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by April 29, 2024. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant