Earnings and work loss after colon and rectal cancer: a Swedish nationwide matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer is common and prognosis is improving. The conditions of survivors of treatment, including financial consequences, are thus important. The aim of this study was to quantify loss of earnings and work loss in working-age patients with colon and rectal cancer relative to matched comparators.

Methods

The study utilised data from the CRCBaSe database that is generated from the nationwide Swedish ColoRectal Cancer Register and includes data from several Swedish nationwide registers. The study period was 1995-2020 for rectal cancer patients and 2007-2020 for colon cancer patients. A retrospective population-based nationwide cohort study on earnings, disposable income, and work loss, in survivors of stage I-III colorectal cancer treatment was undertaken.

SUBMITTER: Boman SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359760 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature