With rising costs of cancer care, concerns about financial hardship are increasingly reported in the United States by providers and patients. Using recent data from a nationally representative survey, Han and colleagues found that medical financial hardship and nonmedical financial sacrifices due to cancer were common, with greater intensity for those ages 18 to 64 years than 65+ years. Moreover, lower socioeconomic status, comorbidity, lack of private insurance coverage, extended employment change, and recent cancer treatment were also associated with higher hardship intensity and/or sacrifices. The findings highlight the need to mitigate financial hardship for cancer survivors, especially for those at high risk.

Personalized colorectal cancer (CRC) screening could optimize screening effectiveness and resource allocation. There are multiple CRC risk prediction tools with modest discriminatory ability. Ladabaum and colleagues explored the potential clinical and economic impact of CRC screening tailored to predicted CRC risk. This decision analysis suggests that tailored...

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