Impact of financial toxicity on adults with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: an integrative review.

Objectives: to identify the repercussions of financial toxicity on the lives of adult cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: an integrative review was conducted using the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases, as well as the Virtual Health Library portal, in March 2023.

Results: out of 62 studies found, 13 were included for analysis.

Quality of life and financial toxicity of hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients in COVID-19.

Objective: to evaluate and correlate the quality of life and financial toxicity of adult patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: observational, analytical study, carried out with 35 patients in a reference hospital for transplantation in Latin America. For data collection, the Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy Bone Marrow Transplantation and COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity questionnaires were used.