Return to work in patients with breast cancer treated in an oncological service at the Unified Health System (SUS)

• Grant number: 13/17489-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Max Senna Mano
• Grantee: Giovanna Faggiani
• Host Institution: Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (ICESP). Coordenadoria de Serviços de Saúde (CSS). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This is a prospective, observational study that will assess the frequency of return to work after diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer or locally advanced, and the median time (in months) to this outcome. The study provides for the inclusion of 275 patients from the Oncology and Breast Unit of the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (ICESP), which will be identified from the CID's and 10 C.50 D.05. (AU)