Survivors work
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. Being a cancer survivor doesn’t mean you’re too sick to work. A study of cancer-free survivors ages 55 to 65 finds that, once survivors get past treatment, they’re as likely to be working as people like them who did not have cancer. Pamela Farley Short of Penn State looked at telephone survey data from survivors on hours worked. The study in the journal Health Services Research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Short notes that work hours were lower among people who did not remain cancer-free. But she says that, when treatment is effective, signs look good for workers and their employers: ``In the United States, there are now more than 10 million people living with a history of cancer. And our study suggests that most of them will keep working like everyone else.’’ (9 seconds) Learn more at hhs.gov. HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I’m Ira Dreyfuss. Last revised: May, 26 2008 | 
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