Victoria Blinder, MD, MSc, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (IMAGE)

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Victoria Blinder, MD, MSc, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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AFT A232403: Longitudinal Screening for Financial Hardship to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Cancer (PROOF)

Victoria Blinder, MD, MSc, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, leads this study to determine if monthly remote digital financial hardship screening among adults with advanced cancer, including colorectal cancers, helps improve survival outcomes. Financial hardship is a common problem affecting patients, often leading to poor outcomes related to financial worry, health related quality of life, symptom burden, treatment adherence and overall survival. This trial will use a screening intervention to see if patients connecting patients to financial navigation resources leads to improved health outcomes.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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