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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2017

Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated with Return to Work After Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

Myung Kyung Lee, Han Sung Kang, Keun Seok Lee, Eun Sook Lee

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Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic factors for return to work in breast cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Return to work in head and neck cancer survivors: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023
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  7. 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 · 2018
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  11. Factors associated with employment outcomes in cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review spanning a decade of international research.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Myung Kyung LeeCollege of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Han Sung KangCenter for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Republic of Korea.
Keun Seok LeeCenter for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Republic of Korea.
Eun Sook LeeCenter for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Republic of Korea. eslee@ncc.re.kr.
National Cancer Center · KRKyungpook National University · KR

Funding

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2014R1A1A1006809National Cancer Center grants 04101502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this prospective cohort study of breast cancer survivors was to identify factors before diagnosis, during treatment, and after treatment that are associated with return to work (RTW). Methods A total of 288 women with breast cancer (stage I-III) and whose age were 18-65 years-old answered questionnaires at 4-6, 12, 24, and 36 months after diagnosis. The surveys asked about performance of regular exercise and health-related quality of life issues. "RTW at 36 months" was assigned to patients who reported any of the following: working at least twice; no job at baseline but working more than once; job at baseline, stopped working, and then started working again; and working during all 3 years. Results We classified 107 of 288 of the women (37.1%) as having returned to work. Analysis of pre-diagnostic factors indicated that more education and practice of regular endurance exercise were positively associated with RTW. Analysis of factors during treatment indicated that appetite loss and fatigue were negatively associated with RTW. Analysis of factors at post-treatment indicated that better body image, better physical function, better existential well-being, and participation in regular endurance and resistance exercise were positively associated with RTW. Childbirth at 12-24 months was negatively associated with RTW. Conclusion Women who participate in exercise before, during, and after treatment for breast cancer are more likely to RTW. A woman's need to care for children, perceived body image, and existential well-being may also affect her RTW.

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ExerciseQuality of LifeAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPregnancyProspective StudiesReturn to WorkSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsBreast cancerCancer rehabilitationCancer survivorshipProspective cohort studyReturn to work

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