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Electronic finance-related outcome measures (eFROMs): a new approach to screen for cancer-related financial toxicity in clinical practice

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  1. Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Q4006, Australia

    Louisa G. Gordon

  2. School of Nursing and Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Q4059, Australia

    Louisa G. Gordon & Raymond J. Chan

  3. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Q4006, Australia

    Louisa G. Gordon & Mark B. Pinkham

  4. School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, Q4122, Australia

    Tamara Ownsworth

  5. Division of Cancer Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Q4102, Australia

    Natalie K. Bradford, Mark B. Pinkham & Raymond J. Chan

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Gordon, L.G., Ownsworth, T., Bradford, N.K. et al. Electronic finance-related outcome measures (eFROMs): a new approach to screen for cancer-related financial toxicity in clinical practice. Support Care Cancer 29, 5549–5551 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06191-z

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