Abstract

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Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, increasingly prevalent also among working-age populations. Regardless of age, breast cancer has significant direct and indirect costs on the individuals, families and society. The aim of the research was to provide a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the financial toxicity of breast cancer, to identify research voids and future research challenges.

The systematic mapping of literature relied on a multi-method approach, combining bibliometric methods with a standard review/discussion of most important contributions. The analysis employed Bibliometrics in R and VosViewer.

The results highlighted the key authors, journals and research topics in the investigation of the financial toxicity of cancer and stressed the concentration of work around several authors and journals.

The results also revealed a lack of a comprehensive approach in the study of financial toxicity, as the literature often focuses on one or few selected aspects of financial toxicity. In addition, geographic coverage is uneven and differences in the healthcare systems represent a challenge to straightforward comparisons.

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Title
The financial toxicity of breast cancer: a systematic mapping of the literature and identification of research challenges
Author
Ratosa, Ivica 1 ; Bavdaz, Mojca 2 ; Petra Dosenovic Bonca 2 ; Helena Barbara Zobec Logar 1 ; Perhavec, Andraz 3 ; Skubic, Marjeta 4 ; Vörös, Katja 4 ; Mihor, Ana 5 ; Zadnik, Vesna 6 ; Redek, Tjasa 2 

 Division of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Sector for Oncology Epidemiology and Cancer Registry, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 Sector for Oncology Epidemiology and Cancer Registry, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Sector for Oncology Epidemiology and Cancer Registry, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Izola, Slovenia 
Pages
31-42
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
13182099
e-ISSN
0485893X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171853006
Copyright
© 2025. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.