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The impending financial healthcare burden and ethical dilemma of systemic therapy in metastatic cancer
Author(s) -
Riaz Muhammad Kashif,
Bal Susan,
WiseDraper Trisha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24333
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , dilemma , face (sociological concept) , disease , cancer , ethical dilemma , systemic therapy , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , political science , breast cancer , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , law
Metastatic cancer remains a devastating disease that threatens to disrupt entire family structures creating economic and psychosocial stress. Fortunately, great strides have resulted in improved therapies over the years but at a huge social‐economic cost. The economic burden has risen greatly and carries with it new ethical concerns when deciding treatment. Here, we discuss the financial and ethical challenges that oncologists and their patients face in the era of novel treatment strategies. J. Surg. Oncol. 2016;114:323–328 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.