Health Condition 1: C509- Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
Conditions
Sponsors
Tata Memorial Centre
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a. Pathologically confirmed new invasive breast cancer cases b. Invasive breast cancer (AJCC 8th edition) c. Received multi-modality treatment with curative intent. d. Patient willing to provide all estimates of expenditure before and after coming to the tertiary hospital, share relevant socio-demographic information and fill or respond to QOL instruments.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a. Unable or unwilling to give written informed consent b. Recurrent or metastatic disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Estimate of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE)Timepoint: Single interview at the time of radiotherapy treatment planning and review of medical records. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a. Proportion of quality indicators adversely affected b. Study impact of FIT on quality of life using EQ5D5L and HADS. c. Objective assessment of FIT using FACIT-COST questionnaire d. Proportion of CHE using OOP expenditure greater than or equal to 40% of total non-food expenditure of household definition e. Proportion of patients facing medical impoverishment (MI) and economic hardship (EC) f. Study disease-related and socio-economic variables associated with FIT g. Study disease-related and socio-economic variables associated with QOLTimepoint: Single interview at the time of radiotherapy treatment planning and review of medical records. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Tabassum Wadasadawala
Tata Memorial Centre
Outcome results
None listed