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ArticleMedical anthropology quarterly2026

Working through cancer: Economic precarity and the social meaning of survival for parent-survivors in the United States.

Victoria L Brown, Lindsey Kaufman, Sienna Ruiz, Clarissa Gaona Romero, Janet Njelesani, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Jean Hunleth

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Article in Medical anthropology quarterly, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Support needs of young people caring for their parents with cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Victoria L BrownDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3662-1226
Lindsey KaufmanDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Sienna RuizDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Clarissa Gaona RomeroBrown School at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Janet NjelesaniDepartment of Occupational Therapy, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Siobhan SutcliffeDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jean HunlethDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4516-4407

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
Clinical Outcomes Research Training in Female Lower Urinary Tract DisordersT32DK120497 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LOWDER, JERRY LANE, SUTCLIFFE, SIOBHAN · 2020 to 2024
$879k
American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) 2022 Implementation Research GrantAmerican Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) 2022 ImplementationResearchGrantNCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK120497NIH/National Cancer Institute 3P30CA091842-22S4NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases T32DK120497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While US cancer survival rates have improved in recent years, the rising incidence of early-onset cancers means cancer is shifting younger, imposing new generational challenges for survivors and their families. This article explores the experience of a cancer diagnosis during one's re/productive years by analyzing how parents with dependent children maintain a future amid heightened economic precarity (e.g., loss of stable employment, downward mobility, and a degraded public sphere). By linking physical survival with the social conditions necessary for post-treatment quality of life, we develop a more collectivistic notion of survivorship, where parent-survivors' efforts to stay employed during treatment serve as an extension of family caregiving in austere times. Reflecting on how the lead authors' own experience of work and cancer emerged in interviews with 12 parent-survivors, we intervene on traditional team science methods, making space for the autoethnographic voices that underlie interpretations of illness.

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Cancer SurvivorsEmploymentNeoplasmsParentsAdultAnthropology, MedicalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeUnited Statesautoethnographycancer survivorshipparenthoodprecaritywork

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PMID41406315
PMCPMC13162247

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