Sickness absence among cancer patients in the pre-diagnostic and the post-diagnostic phases of five common forms of cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 741-747

  Sjövall, Katarina ^a,c   Attner, Bo ^a   Englund, Martin ^a   Lithman, Thor ^a   Noreen, Dennis ^a   Gunnars, Barbro ^a   Thomé, Bibbi ^b   Olsson, Hakan ^a   Petersson, Ingemar I F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Psychosocial outcomes; Return to work; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTDIAGNOSTIC PHASE; PREDIAGNOSTIC PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863489138     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1142-8     Document Type: Article

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