A comparative study of living conditions in cancer patients who have returned to work after curative treatment

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1020-1029

  Gudbergsson, Sævar B ^a   Fosså, Sophie D ^a   Borgeraas, Elling ^b   Dahl, Alv A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Employment; Financial; Health; Living condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS CANCER; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33749008785     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0042-9     Document Type: Article

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