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Observational studySupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025

Return to work or leaving work? Differences of return to work between breast cancer patients and the general population and determinants of return to work.

Siegfried Geyer, Stefanie Sperlich, Eranda Sahiti, Dorothee Noeres

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Observational study in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Siegfried GeyerDepartment of Medical Sociology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany. geyer.siegfried@mh-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2384-8237
Stefanie SperlichDepartment of Medical Sociology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany.
Eranda SahitiDepartment of Medical Sociology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany.
Dorothee NoeresDepartment of Medical Sociology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30623, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Rentenversicherung 0423/40/64-50.56Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe 70114920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIt was examined whether employment among breast cancer survivors was lower than in the general population 4 to 6 years after surgery. We also examined whether disease severity, post-surgical treatment, social, and workplace characteristics have effects on employment as primary outcome, and whether the distance from surgery to observation may determine employment.

methodsWe performed a multicentric observational study with four survey waves. Data were collected based on mailed surveys and patient records. Patients were up to 63 years old at entry with TNM-tumour stages T0 to TIV. Comparisons with the general population were performed by drawing controls from the German Socio-Economic Panel.

resultsN = 372 breast cancer survivors participated in all surveys (= 82.2% of the initial sample). Their rate of occupationally active women was lower than in the general population (OR

conclusionTemporal distance between surgery and survey wave determines whether potentially influencing factors have effects. Disease severity and post-surgical treatment were unrelated to employment. Whether work-related and socio-demographic factors are determining employment depends on the date of measurement.

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsEmploymentReturn to WorkAdultFemaleGermanyHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsBreast cancerLongitudinal studyMulticentric studyObservational studyReturn to work

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