Long-term cancer survivors experience work changes after diagnosis: Results of a population-based study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1252-1260

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Thong, Melissa S Y ^b   Vreugdenhil, Gerard ^c   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Employment; Long term survivors; Oncology; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; JOB CHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 72449129070     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1522     Document Type: Article

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