Pre-diagnosis employment status and financial circumstances predict cancer-related financial stress and strain among breast and prostate cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 699-709

  Sharp, Linda ^a,b   Timmons, Aileen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Finances; Financial difficulties; Financial strain; Financial stress; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RELATED FINANCIAL STRAIN; CANCER RELATED FINANCIAL STRESS; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84952873787     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2832-4     Document Type: Article

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