Cancer Equity Insights

Financial Toxicity Impacts Cancer Survival Rates — So Why Are So Few Talking About It?

Improving cancer care requires addressing the undeniable link between financial health, basic needs, and patient outcomes.

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August 29, 2022

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Cancer Resources

Here’s How You Can Talk About Cost With Your Cancer Care Team

Here are some tips to help you have conversations about the many costs of cancer with your care team, including some questions you can ask.

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November 5, 2021

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Cancer Equity Insights

Affordability of Cancer Care: Breaking Down Cost Barriers to Treatment Through Collaboration

Through collaboration with others in cancer care, Family Reach is invested in addressing gaps in affordability and making the healthcare system more whole.

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October 27, 2021

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Cancer Resources

Here’s How Cancer Care Teams Can Approach Cost Conversations With Families

Healthcare professionals like hospital social workers, oncology nurses, and doctors can help bring cost conversations to the forefront of cancer treatment.

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September 17, 2021

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Cancer Equity Insights

Equity in Cancer Care: How Family Reach is Addressing Cancer Disparities

With help from critical community voices, we’re building cultural competency and applying a racial equity lens to our cancer support services.

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July 29, 2021

Cancer Equity Insights

What We’re Reading: Learning from Black Voices in the Cancer Community

In celebration of Black History Month, here are some of the recent stories about Black cancer patient experiences that stuck with us.

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February 15, 2021

Cancer Equity Insights

Family Reach’s Imagine Cancer Equity Series Continues With Focus on Collaboration

The session offered key insights into how collaboration can help us create more impactful solutions to overcome disparities in cancer care.

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February 1, 2021

Cancer Equity Insights

What We’re Reading: 5 Perspectives on Health Disparities and Barriers to Cancer Care

Here's a look at some recent conversations and perspectives about health inequity, including financial toxicity and social determinants.

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September 20, 2020

Community Spotlights

The COVID-19 Pandemic From a Cancer Survivor’s Perspective

Writer, author, and cancer survivor Laura Holmes Haddad shares the eerie parallels between cancer and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 30, 2020

Cancer Equity Insights

Innovating on Financial Toxicity at Imagine Session 2019

Over 100 thought leaders came together for a collaborative think-tank event that propelled the fight against financial toxicity caused by cancer.

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January 15, 2020