Breast cancer survivors 'less likely to be in work'
A new report reveals those who have survived breast cancer and other forms of the disease are less likely to be in employment than healthy individuals.
Research was conducted by a team at the Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, to identify unemployment risks in cancer survivors and those in healthy individuals.
The findings, to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show the long-term effects of the disease may impair social functioning, leading to difficulties obtaining a job.
"Many cancer survivors want and are able to return to work after diagnosis and treatment. Relatively few studies have assessed the association of cancer survivorship with unemployment," the report says.
The study was conducted worldwide and involved 177,969 participants, 20,366 of whom were cancer survivors.
In other breast cancer news, recent research by Lancet Oncology reveals that women treated for menopause symptoms by the synthetic steroid tibolone may be at risk of triggering breast cancer, which would boost the need for cancer cover. 
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