A study of work changes due to cancer in tumor-free primary-treated cancer patients. A NOCWO study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1163-1171

  Gudbergsson, Sævar Berg ^a   Fosså, Sophie D ^a   Dahl, Alv A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivors; Oncology; Work change; Work situation

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WORK;

EID: 51649120676     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0407-3     Document Type: Article

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