Cancer Survivors at Work: a Generation of Progress

Overview

Journal CA Cancer J Clin

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Oncology

Date 2005 Sep 17

PMID 16166073

Citations 44

Authors

Barbara Hoffman

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Abstract

Before the 1970s, a substantial percentage of cancer survivors faced blatant employment discrimination with little legal recourse, a paucity of support services, and limited medical options for curative treatment. Since then, survivors have benefited from improvements in cancer treatment, the passage of state and federal antidiscrimination laws, and a sea change in perceptions about living with and beyond cancer. Consequently, cancer survivors now face fewer barriers to employment opportunities. Because millions of cancer survivors, more than ever before, are now working age adults, advocacy efforts should shift from expanding legal protection from cancer-based discrimination to providing resources to help survivors meet their individual employment-related concerns.

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