The objective of this study is to evaluate the personal and societal impacts of mammography screening by estimating the life expectancy (LE), LE loss, lifetime employment duration (LED), LED loss, lifetime productivity (LP), and L...
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Erin Comerford, Sukyung Chung, Marlon Graf, et al.
Caring for a patient with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) can impose a substantial burden and can lead to significant productivity losses. One in three caregivers changed work status after onset of caregiving, either reducing worki...
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Aline Cristini Vieira, Matheus Costa E Silva, et al.
Financial toxicity (FT) refers to the negative impact of the financial burden of cancer diagnosis and treatment on patients' well-being. With rising global costs of oncologic therapies, diagnostics, and supportive care, FT ha...
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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the global prevalence and determinants of financial toxicity in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. 65 studies met inclusion criteria. The pooled prevalence of objective finan...
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Breast cancer affects working-age women not only through treatment and survival but also through health-related quality of life (HRQoL), work capacity and informal caregiving needs. A total of 271 women participated (mean age 51.3...
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Piotr Artur Winciunas, Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska, Agnieszka Mazurek, et al.
Sickness absence due to breast cancer generates significant indirect costs. The number of sick leave days due to breast cancer in Poland varied from 1,241,223 in 2021 to 1,444,863 in 2024. The number of sick leave certificates inc...
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Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC), defined as colorectal cancer diagnosed before 50 years of age, has increased markedly over the past decades, especially in high-income settings. In parallel, obesity and related metabolic dis...
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Early-onset lung cancer, commonly defined as disease diagnosed at or before 50 years of age, represents a growing but insufficiently characterized subset of lung cancer in clinical practice. However, much of the evidence informing...
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Irénée Ahindu Konga, Vanina Pofagi, Alexis Parenté, et al.
In Benin, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women, with 566 deaths reported in 2020. The cost of its management remains poorly understood, although its estimation is essential for assessing the i...
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Pansa Intaram, Surachai Phimha, Prapassara Sirikarn, et al.
Data were collected from 404 participants, comprising 202 pairs of breast cancer patients and their caregivers across Health Region 9 during six months from September 2024 to February 2025. All the patients were female with a mean...
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To investigate the relationship between genetic risk and the four main lifestyle factors in HNC development, we used data from 356,627 participants in the UK Biobank. Genetic risk was measured using a polygenic risk score (PRS), c...
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The association between daily diet and head and neck cancer (HNC) remains unclear. This cohort study analyzed UK Biobank (UKB) data (2006-2021, n = 480,577) using Cox proportional hazards models to evaluate the associations betwee...
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