ArticleJournal of community health2012
Employment after a breast cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study of ethnically diverse urban women.
Article in Journal of community health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02303145 (The Relationship Between Biopsychosocial Functioning and Work-Related Cognitive Limitation Among Employed Breast Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The Relationship Between Biopsychosocial Functioning and Work-Related Cognitive Limitation Among Employed Breast Cancer Survivors: Case Control Study.
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Experiences of cancer survivors returning to work decision-making: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- The economic impact of cancer diagnosis to individuals and their families: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled 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
- Calidad de Vida: a systematic review of quality of life in Latino cancer survivors in the USA.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Functional Impairments and Work-Related Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- Quality of working life issues of employees with a chronic physical disease: a systematic review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Pooled it
- Factors associated with return to work of breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
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- Work accommodations described by a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of women undergoing treatment for breast cancer.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Beyond breast cancer: mapping unmet needs and advancing an evidence-based framework of survivorship care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Review
- An analysis of a satellite oncological radiotherapy unit in the Canary Islands: a cost-minimisation study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- A Review of Acceptance Measures for Cancer Survivors: Employment, Multicultural, and Language Considerations.Journal of rehabilitation · 2026Article
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- Social characteristics and social benefit use among premenopausal breast cancer survivors in Denmark: a population-based cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Measuring Self-Efficacy to Request Cancer-Related Work Accommodations: Development and Validation of a Brief Survey Instrument.Psycho-oncology · 2024Article
- Working after cancer: psychological flexibility and the quality of working life.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Article
- Breast Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Managers' Actions During the Return to Work Process: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Studies.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Patients' perspectives on the quality of care of a new complex psycho-oncological care programme in Germany - external mixed methods evaluation results.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Influencing factors analysis of adaptability of cancer patients to return-to-work.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- The role of physical arm function and demographic disparities in breast cancer survivors' ability to return to work.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Review
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Abstract
Employment status is related to treatment recovery and quality of life in breast cancer survivors, yet little is known about return to work in immigrant and minority survivors. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using ethnically cohesive focus groups of urban breast cancer survivors who were African-American, African-Caribbean, Chinese, Filipina, Latina, or non-Latina white. We audio- and video-recorded, transcribed, and thematically coded the focus group discussions and we analyzed the coded transcripts within and across ethnic groups. Seven major themes emerged related to the participants' work experiences after diagnosis: normalcy, acceptance, identity, appearance, privacy, lack of flexibility at work, and employer support. Maintaining a sense of normalcy was cited as a benefit of working by survivors in each group. Acceptance of the cancer diagnosis was most common in the Chinese group and in participants who had a family history of breast cancer; those who described this attitude were likely to continue working throughout the treatment period. Appearance was important among all but the Chinese group and was related to privacy, which many thought was necessary to derive the benefit of normalcy at work. Employer support included schedule flexibility, medical confidentiality, and help maintaining a normal work environment, which was particularly important to our study sample. Overall, we found few differences between the different ethnic groups in our study. These results have important implications for the provision of support services to and clinical management of employed women with breast cancer, as well as for further large-scale research in disparities and employment outcomes.
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