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Cancer survivors are substantially more likely to be unemployed than the general population, though with support they could often work. Vocational rehabilitation covering fatigue management, cognitive strategies, employer liaison and phased return has moderate trial evidence, mostly from Europe, and should be part of cancer care from diagnosis with a named coordinator, as it is for stroke.
Cancer survivors are at substantially higher risk of unemployment than the general population, with large economic and psychological costs. Multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation (fatigue management, cognitive strategies, employer liaison, phased return) has moderate evidence from trials, mostly in Europe, but is rarely funded within oncology. Integrating a return-to-work pathway from diagnosis, with a named coordinator, would address one of survivors' most reported unmet needs.
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