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BIB_437

Financial / time toxicity → cost-related nonadherence → worse outcomes — fills a ZERO-coverage gap and supplies the MECHANISTIC BRIDGE the access-equity spine was missing: BIB404 (SES → thicker melanoma at dx) is epidemiologic, BIB432 (interpreter) is comprehension, BIB421 (timing-of-surgery) is the delay endpoint — none names the modifiable construct that links them for a low-SES war refugee: financial/time toxicity causing missed/delayed appointments and medication nonadherence. CRITICAL recontextualisation: the source evidence is US/insurance/treatment-cost-driven and does NOT transfer d…

Evidence grade
C
Tier
2 for the construct (consistent multi-study evidence FT→nonadherence/QoL, mortal
Cited by tasks
22, 24, 25
Identifiers
PMC12179322

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Full extracted findings & patient-implication analysis: bibliography/BIB_437/findings.md (research corpus). This page is a short context summary — not individualised medical advice.