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Risk for unemployment of cancer survivors: A Danish cohort study
Kathrine Carlsen1, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Finn Diderichsen
1Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, Denmark. kathcarl@cancer.dk
Aim:
To investigate whether cancer survivors are at an increased risk for unemployment after cancer.
Materials And Methods:
A cohort of 65,510 patients who were part of the workforce in the year before diagnosis and a random sample of 316,925 age and gender-matched controls were followed for up to 20 years in a longitudinal register-based cohort study. Demographic, socioeconomic and health-related information were obtained through Danish administrative registers.
Results:
Cancer survivors had a small but significantly increased risk for unemployment following cancer. Stratified analyses showed that the risk for unemployment was highest amongst persons aged 50-60 years at time of diagnosis. Risk factors for unemployment were found to be manual work, medium income and vocational education.
Conclusion:
Generally, cancer patients were at a small increased risk for unemployment and low socioeconomic position was a significant risk factor.
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