Return to work among breast cancer survivors: A literature review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 709-718

  Sun, Yuanlu ^a   Shigaki, Cheryl L ^b   Armer, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Return to work; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CINAHL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN TO WORK; SCOPUS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BREAST TUMOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETURN TO WORK; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84996548995     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3446-1     Document Type: Article

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