[Rehabilitation and social reintegration of cancer patients]

In France, social laws permit a total reimbursement of medical and pharmaceutical expenses for cancer patients. Income is also supplied to cancer patients by the National health service or the state to compensate for the absence of salary during a time period without being for civil servants or employees. Civil servants can be absent from their job without being dismissed for 5 years, at most, for cancer reason. For employees, or workers this time period is shorter, varying from one company to another according to local agreements. Several public organisations can help a previous cancer patient to return to work and the percentage of patients working again is good except for poorly qualified employees or workers due to the economic crisis. New laws allow cancer patients to be civil servants except if the disability does not fit with his job. The possibility of life insurance of cured patients depends on the site of cancer, the prognosis, the treatment sequellae and the delay between the treatment completion and the request.