SynthesisBMC cancer2009
Return to work of breast cancer survivors: a systematic review of intervention studies.
Synthesis in BMC cancer, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04350398 (Effect of Multidisciplinary Management by Hippotherapy on the Quality of Life of Women With a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Multidisciplinary Management by Hippotherapy on the Quality of Life of Women With a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Effectiveness of the Therapeutic Intervention
Who cites it
64 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 164 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Impact of Prostate Cancer Treatment on Work Participation: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Non-medical interventions to enhance return to work for people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Experiences of women with breast cancer while working or returning to work: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Rehabilitation interventions to support return to work for women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2021Pooled it
- Return to Work Interventions for Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and a Methodological Critique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Predictors of Unemployment After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2018Pooled it
- Counseling interventions delivered in women with breast cancer to improve health-related quality of life: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance return-to-work for cancer patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Factors associated with return to work of breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
- Models of care for post-treatment follow-up of adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and quality appraisal of the evidence.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2012Pooled it
- Illness perceptions and work participation: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2010Pooled it
- A feasibility study of scheduling a remission consultation in the management of patients treated for localized breast cancer.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of work-related medical rehabilitation in cancer patients: study protocol of a cluster-randomized multicenter trial.BMC cancer · 2016Trial
- Effects of occupational therapy on quality of life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. A randomized controlled study.Saudi medical journal · 2015Trial
- Decrease social inequalities return-to-work: development and design of a randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer.BMC cancer · 2014Trial
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- Screening Young Adult Cancer Patients for Vocational Rehabilitation Services: A Vocational Rehabilitation Readiness Screening Tool.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic differences in labour market attachment after breast cancer: a population-based matched cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- The impact of working conditions on breast cancer outcomes: a study protocol for a population-based cohort study using UK Biobank data.BMJ open · 2025Article
4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundBreast cancer management has improved dramatically in the past three decades and as a result, a population of working age women is breast cancer survivor. Interventions for breast cancer survivors have shown improvements in quality of life and in physical and psychological states. In contrast, efforts aimed at stimulating re-employment and return-to-work interventions for breast cancer survivors have not kept pace. The objective of this review was to study the effects and characteristics of intervention studies on breast cancer survivors in which the outcome was return to work.
methodsThe Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2006), Medline, Ovid, EMBASE and PsychInfo were systematically searched for studies conducted between 1970 to February 2007. Intervention studies for female breast cancer survivors that were focused on return to work were included.
resultsOur search strategy identified 5219 studies. Four studies out of 100 potentially relevant abstracts were selected and included 46-317 employed women who had had mastectomy, adjuvant therapy and rehabilitation, with the outcome return to work. The intervention programs focused on improvement of physical, psychological and social recovery. Although a substantial percentage (between 75% to 85%) of patients included in these studies returned to work after rehabilitation, it is not clear whether this proportion would have been lower for patients without counseling or exercise, or any other interventions, as three out of four studies did not include a comparison group.
conclusionThe most important finding of this review is the lack of methodologically sound intervention studies on breast cancer survivors with the outcome return to work. Using evidence from qualitative and observational studies on cancer and the good results of intervention studies on return to work programs and vocational rehabilitation, return to work interventions for breast cancer survivors should be further developed and evaluated.
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