11. What is Financial Toxicity?

Podcast: Smarter Than Cancer · Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Opublikowano: 2026-01-29

Cancer doesn’t just take a toll on the body, it can also take a serious toll on a person’s financial life. In this episode, Hajar talks with Tameka Brooks, a financial empowerment coach at Roswell Park, and Dr. Anurag Singh, a radiation oncologist and researcher, about something called financial toxicity, the stress and burden patients experience as a result of the financial impact of cancer. They explore how insurance confusion, lost income, housing insecurity, and out-of-pocket costs can compound the challenges of treatment, why many patients feel too ashamed or uncomfortable to bring up financial conc...