Return to work after treatment for primary breast cancer over a 6-year period: Results from a prospective study comparing patients with the general population

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1901-1909

  Noeres, Dorothee ^a   Park Simon, Tjoung Won ^a   Grabow, Jördis ^a   Sperlich, Stefanie ^a   Koch Gießelmann, Heike ^a   Jaunzeme, Jelena ^a   Geyer, Siegfried ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comparative analysis; Inpatient rehabilitation; Return to work; Side effects of treatment; Work related difficulties

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOM SAMPLE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETIREMENT; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO WORK; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84878733282     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1739-1     Document Type: Article

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