Employment outcomes among survivors of common cancers: The Symptom Outcomes and Practice Patterns (SOAPP) study

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-202

  Tevaarwerk, A J ^a   Lee, J W ^b   Sesto, M E ^c   Buhr, K A ^c   Cleeland, C S ^d   Manola, J ^b   Wagner, L I ^e   Chang, V T S ^f   Fisch, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Post cancer employment; Return to work; Survivor symptom burden; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876128068     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0258-2     Document Type: Article

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