Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on long-term employment of survivors of early-stage breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many women with early-stage breast cancer are working at the time of diagnosis and survive without disease recurrence. The short-term impact of chemotherapy receipt on employment has been demonstrated, but the long-term impact merits further research.

Methods

The authors conducted a longitudinal multicenter cohort study of women diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast cancer between 2005 and 2007, as reported to the population-based Los Angeles and Detroit Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program registries. Of 3133 individuals who were sent surveys, 2290 (73%) completed a baseline survey soon after diagnosis and of these, 1536 (67%) completed a 4-year follow-up questionnaire.

Results

Of the 1026 patients aged < 65 years at the time of diagnosis whos

SUBMITTER: Jagsi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4047155 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature