Symptom Burden Linked to Less Spending on Cancer Treatment Will Pass

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/symptom-burden-linked-less-spending-cancer-treatment-2026a10016wm?src= In people with cancer, a higher patient-reported symptom burden was linked to lower spending on cancer treatment and higher spending on other care. Among nearly 286,000 patients in their first year after diagnosis, each 10-point increase in symptom score was associated with a 9.4% decrease in cancer-directed costs over the next 30 days, in the large population-based study from Ontario, Canada. Each 10-point increase was also associated with 18.4% higher ancillary costs, such as emergency department visits, hospital stays, and home care, whereas total costs were 4.1% lower.