Impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment on work-related life and factors affecting them

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-616

  Ahn, Eunmi ^a   Cho, Juhee ^b   Shin, Dong Wook ^a   Park, Byeong Woo ^c   Ahn, Sei Hyun ^d   Noh, Dong Young ^e   Nam, Seok Jin ^f   Lee, Eun Sook ^a   Yun, Young Ho ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Return to work; Work related difficulties

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB PERFORMANCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349573766     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0209-9     Document Type: Article

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