Factors that affect the ability to work in people with metastatic cancer
https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/metastatic-breast-cancer-and-employment
Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.29656/abstract
Some patients who live with metastatic cancer either want or need to continue working while coping with symptoms of their disease and treatment. A recent study that looked at over 600 people with metastatic breast, prostate, colon, or lung cancer found that about one-third of them continue working full or part time. People most likely to continue working were those undergoing hormonal treatment and those with less severe symptoms or side effects from treatment. (4/12/16)
Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider
- I want to go back to work but I have symptoms from my treatment or my cancer. What options/treatments can improve my symptoms?
- What can I do to improve my symptoms enough so that I’m able to work more comfortably?
- I do not want to go back to work, but feel like I need to. How should I handle this?
- Do I qualify for disability benefits? Are there people who can help me apply?
Open Clinical Trials
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- NCT02333604: Cancer Experience Registry. This web-based registry distributes surveys to better understand the social, emotional, physical, financial and decision-making experiences of cancer patients and their caregivers.
- NCT04960787: Financial Navigation Program to Improve Understanding and Management of Financial Aspects of Cancer Care for Patients and Their Spouses. This clinical trial examines a financial navigation program that helps patients and their spouses understand and better manage the financial aspects of cancer care.
- NCT04931251: Addressing Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity in Rural Oncology Care Settings. The study conducts a financial navigation program in 5 rural and 4 non-rural oncology practices in North Carolina. This study also evaluate the effects of financial navigation on patient outcomes, including financial toxicity and health-related quality of life.
- NCT04766190: DISCO: A Patient Intervention to Reduce the Financial Burden of Cancer. The DISCO App is designed to improve patient-and-doctor communication about costs of care.
About FORCE
FORCE is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1999. Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by adult hereditary cancers.