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SynthesisJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2017

Young adult cancer survivors and work: a systematic review.

Dawn S Stone, Patricia A Ganz, Carol Pavlish, Wendie A Robbins

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Synthesis in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Mapping and comparing the quality of life outcomes in childhood and adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: an umbrella review and future directions.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  8. Goal-Focused Emotion-Regulation Therapy (GET) in Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Pilot Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023
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  12. Symptom burden and outcomes among patients with early-onset versus average-onset neuroendocrine neoplasms.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  19. Management of late toxicities and specific follow-up needs of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: recommendations from scientific societies in Spain.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dawn S StoneSchool of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA. dstone@g.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-411X
Patricia A GanzDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
Carol PavlishSchool of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
Wendie A RobbinsFielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextSixty-three percent of cancer survivors continue to work, or return to work after treatment. Among this population, work ability and challenges encountered in the workplace by young adult cancer survivors have not been well established. PURPOSE: The purposes of the study are to describe what is currently known about work-related issues for young adult cancer survivors diagnosed between ages 15 and 39, to identify gaps in the research literature, and to suggest interventions or improvements in work processes and occupational settings.

methodsA narrative review of articles using PubMed, CINAHL, and PsychInfo was conducted without date limitations. Search phrases included young adult cancer survivors, long-term cancer survivors, young adults affected by cancer, further combined with key terms employment, work, and occupationally active. Inclusion criteria for publications were young adult cancer survivors initially diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 39, data about work or employment was presented, and articles written in English.

resultsTwenty-three publications met the inclusion criteria. Work-related issues included the potential for reduced work productivity from cancer-changed physical and cognitive functional ability that affected income, and resulted in distress. Coping style, support systems, and changing perspectives about work and life in general were also influential on career decisions among young adult cancer survivors.

conclusionsMore research is needed to study interventions to better manage health changes in young adult cancer survivors within the context of the workplace. Since financial hardship has been shown to be especially high among young cancer survivors, employment is essential to ensure payment of cancer-associated costs and continued medical care. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: While young adult cancer survivors may initially grapple with cancer-related physical and psychosocial changes that impact work productivity or influence choice of occupation, employment appears to enhance overall quality of life.

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AdolescentAdultCancer SurvivorsEmploymentHumansNeoplasmsQuality of LifeYoung AdultEmploymentOccupational healthWorkYoung adult cancer survivors

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PMCPMC5671547

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