JaQuitta Williams returns with the February edition of Your Health Connection on Wednesday, February 18 at 6pm for an hour of live, vital talk radio on the subject of financially coping with cancer. Fighting cancer happens on many fronts, emotional, physical, and in a for-profit healthcare system, financial struggles as well.
JaQuitta's guests will include Bryan Miller, an Oncology Social Worker with Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation, a non-profit organization created to help financially support cancer survivors and cancer research. April Love is a breast cancer survivor who will speak about the financial tribulations that come with a cancer fight.
We'll feature your calls and questions on the topic. Your Health Connection is made possible by the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development at Clark Atlanta University.
CCRTD's Dr. Kimberly Davis passed along these helpful links featuring current issues with regards to financially coping with cancer:
Out-of-pocket Costs Play Major Role in Treatment Adherence for Cancer Patients
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2014010709370017.html
Screening for and treating early-stage lung cancer better economically than treating late-stage lung cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/283010.php
Drug Shortages Erode The Quality And Increase The Cost Of Cancer Care
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130321131925.htm
Proton therapy shown to be less costly than some alternative radiotherapy techniques for early stage breast cancer
http://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/news-releases/2014/proton-therapy-less-costly-alternative-techniques.html