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HomeRehabilitation and return to work after cancer
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The project ‘Rehabilitation and return to work after cancer — instruments and practices’ is intended to provide new insights into the problems encountered by workers affected by cancer and their employers. Furthermore, it will make recommendations regarding successful instruments, interventions, programmes and practices to support the return to work (RTW) of workers affected by cancer. Each year, an estimated 3.2 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Europe. About half of these occur in people of working age. There are geographical differences in cancer occurrence in Europe; however, the forms of cancer with the highest incidences are breast, colorectal, prostate and lung cancer. These types of cancer were estimated to account for over half of the overall burden of cancer in Europe in 2012. The impact of cancer on a person’s daily life is immediate and striking. The diagnosis is usually accompanied by long periods of sickness absence because of medical treatments. However, overall, cancer management has improved during the past three decades, and therefore the overall number of people who survive cancer is increasing. Many cancer survivors face long-term symptoms and impairments, such as fatigue, after treatment ends. These symptoms and impairments can affect the work ability of survivors, making it more difficult to remain in or re-enter the job market. Research shows that most cancer survivors are able to stay in or return to work, but that, overall, the risk of unemployment is 1.4 times higher among cancer survivors than among healthy controls4. Optimising the rehabilitation and RTW of workers with cancer is therefore important both to improve the well-being of this vulnerable group and to reduce the societal and financial impact of cancer cases on (European) enterprises and society at large.
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- Autor zbiorowy: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Organy i agencje UE)
- Tematy Warunki pracy , Zdrowie i bezpieczeństwo pracowników
- Temat: bezpieczeństwo pracy , higiena pracy , miejsce pracy , nowotwór , partycypacja pracownicza , sprawozdanie , warunki pracy
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| ISSN 1831-9343 | ISBN 978-92-9240-995-1 | DOI 10.2802/712 | Numer katalogowy TE-RO-17-002-EN-N |
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