Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States, with approximately 70 to 80 percent of employed breast cancer survivors returning to work three to eighteen months following diagnosis. Job loss can have devastating financial consequences, including increased risk of bankruptcy and debt. Victoria Blinder, MD, medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering, conducted a longitudinal study of a racially and ethnically diverse sample of employed women undergoing treatment for stage I-III breast cancer in New York City. For more information on this study, published in <i>Health Affairs</i> on February 6, 2017, and to speak with the study author, contact
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