Cancer diagnosis can lead to significant income losses for families

Monday, October 26, 2015 - 11:10 in Health & Medicine

A new analysis indicates that when American adults are diagnosed with cancer, they experience significant decreases in the probability of working, in the number of hours they work, and correspondingly, in their incomes. Such negative impacts of a cancer diagnosis are particularly pronounced among working-age men. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of […]

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