“You're really walking along the razor's edge”: A meta-synthesis on the existential cost of breast cancer related to financial toxicity
Authors:
- Sara PaltrinieriSPSara Paltrinieri
- Margherita SchiaviMSMargherita Schiavi
- Barbara BressiBBBarbara Bressi
- Angela ContriACAngela Contri
- Martina TorreggianiMTMartina Torreggiani
- Laura BernardiLBLaura Bernardi
- Elisa MazziniEMElisa Mazzini
- Maria Chiara BassiMBMaria Chiara Bassi
- Silvia di LeoSLSilvia di Leo
- Luca GhirottoLGLuca Ghirotto
- Stefania CostiStefania Costi
Open Access
- 20 January 2026
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Breast
- Vol. 86, 104705
Abstract
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Funding Information
- Ministero della Salute
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