Financial Hardship and Nonadherence to Lifestyle and Surveillance in Childhood Cancer Survivors

1

Survivors of childhood cancer have a 5-year survival rate exceeding 85%, resulting in over half a million survivors in the US.
2

Medical financial hardship is prevalent among childhood cancer survivors, impacting their health behaviors and access to care.
3

Survivors with medical financial hardship are more likely to report unhealthy lifestyles and nonadherence to health surveillance recommendations.
4

The study utilized data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study to explore the relationship between financial hardship and health behaviors.
5

Participants' responses were analyzed across material, behavioral, and psychological domains of medical financial hardship.

Jama Network Open

by Neel S. Bhatt, Fang Wang, Shizue Izumi, Yan Chen, Timothy J. D. Ohlsen, Gregory T. Armstrong, I-Chan Huang, Anne Kirchhoff, Elyse R. Park, Claire Snyder, K. Robin Yabroff, Yutaka Yasui, Paul C. Nathan
May 29, 2026

1