Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Young cancer sufferers in the US are two times as likely to be unemployed in adulthood, new research suggests.
Findings also show that US cancer survivors have the uppermost risk of unemployment and Europeans who have survived the disease have the best chance of working, according to reports Medical News Today (MNT).
The report, which would be published this July in the Cancer journal, indicates that people who had childhood cancers of the brain and nervous system are five times further likely to be unemployed when they are adults.
Engela de Boer, occupational health of the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam and writer of the report, says that the distinction between the continents may be due to health insurance.
According to Ms de Boer, one reason for this transatlantic inconsistency might be because health insurance and employment are not linked in Europe as they are in the US.
Health problems could occur later in life for those who survive cancer at a young age, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress.
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