The financial toxicity of breast cancer : a systematic mapping of the literature and identification of research challenges

Ratoša, Ivica (author), Bavdaž, Mojca (author), Došenović Bonča, Petra (author), Zobec Logar, Helena Barbara (author), Perhavec, Andraž (author), Skubic, Marjeta (author), Vöröš, Katja (author), Mihor, Ana (author), Zadnik, Vesna (author), Redek, Tjaša (author)

Background - 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. Materials and methods - 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. Results - The results highlighted the key authors, journals and research topics in the investigation of the financial toxic- ity of cancer and stressed the concentration of work around several authors and journals. Conclusions -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 un- even and differences in the healthcare systems represent a challenge to straightforward comparisons.

• Language: English
• Keywords: health services, financing, literature review, breast cancer, financial toxicity, bibliometric analysis
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business; MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 31-42
• Numbering: Vol. 59, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-172681
• UDC: 614
• ISSN on article: 1318-2099
• DOI: 10.2478/raon-2025-0002
• COBISS.SI-ID: 221121539
• Publication date in RUL: 10.09.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Radiology and oncology
• Shortened title: Radiol. oncol.
• Publisher: Association of Radiology and Oncology
• ISSN: 1318-2099
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32649472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: zdravstvo, financiranje, pregled literature