TY  - JOUR
AU  - Arndt, Volker
AU  - Koch-Gallenkamp, Lena
AU  - Bertram, Heike
AU  - Eberle, Andrea
AU  - Holleczek, Bernd
AU  - Pritzkuleit, Ron
AU  - Waldeyer-Sauerland, Mechthild
AU  - Waldmann, Annika
AU  - Zeissig, Sylke Ruth
AU  - Doege, Daniela
AU  - Thong, Melissa
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
TI  - Return to work after cancer. A multi-regional population-based study from Germany.
JO  - Acta oncologica
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
SN  - 0001-6926
CY  - Abingdon
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
M1  - DKFZ-2019-01537
SP  - 811 - 818
PY  - 2019
AB  - Background: With improving prognosis, the ability to return to work after cancer has become a realistic goal but only little is known regarding details such as sustainability, financial consequences, and potential determinants of return to work in long-term survivors in Germany. Methods: We studied return to work in a population-based sample of 1558 long-term cancer survivors, diagnosed in 1994-2004 with breast, colorectal or prostate cancer before age 60 (mean 50.1). Information regarding employment status and financial difficulties was obtained via mailed questionnaires from patients who were identified by six population-based cancer registries in Germany. Cumulative incidence of return to work was determined by time-to-event analysis with consideration of competing events. Chi2 tests and multiple logistic regression modeling were employed to identify potential sociodemographic and clinical determinants of return to work. Results: Within a mean period since diagnosis of 8.3 years, 63
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30777496
DO  - DOI:10.1080/0284186X.2018.1557341
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/143980
ER  -