TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sato, Iori
AU2 - Higuchi, Akiko
AU3 - Yanagisawa, Takaaki
AU4 - Murayama, Shiho
AU5 - Kumabe, Toshihiro
AU6 - Sugiyama, Kazuhiko
AU7 - Mukasa, Akitake
AU8 - Saito, Nobuhito
AU9 - Sawamura, Yutaka
AU1 - Terasaki, Mizuhiko
AU1 - Shibui, Soichiro
AU1 - Takahashi, Jun
AU1 - Nishikawa, Ryo
AU1 - Ishida, Yasushi
AU1 - Kamibeppu, Kiyoko
AB - Background Some childhood cancer survivors experience employment difficulties. This study aimed to describe pediatric brain-tumor survivors’ employment status. Methods A cross-sectional, observational study was conducted, with questionnaires distributed to 101 pediatric brain-tumor survivors (aged 15 years or older) and their attending physicians from nine institutions in Japan. We compared category and time-series histories for participants’ first-time employment using national census information. Factors related to delayed employment or early employment termination were examined using survival-time analyses. Results Excluding students and homemakers, 38 brain-tumor survivors (median age 27 years, with 15 years since diagnosis) were of working age. Of these, 12 (32%) were unemployed and 9 (24%) had never been employed. First-time employment occurred later for brain-tumor survivors than the general population, particularly in those with lower educational levels. The number of brain-tumor survivors whose first job was terminated within the first year was higher than that for the general population, particularly in male survivors and germ cell-tumor survivors. Brain-tumor survivors described their working patterns (irregular), job types (specialist or professional), reasons for early termination (unsuitable job), and thoughts about working (they wished to serve their communities but lacked confidence). Conclusion Brain-tumor survivors are associated with high unemployment rates and multiple unemployment-related factors. Education 
TI - Employment status and termination among survivors of pediatric brain tumors: a cross-sectional survey
JF - International Journal of Clinical Oncology
DO - 10.1007/s10147-018-1279-2
DA - 2018-04-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/employment-status-and-termination-among-survivors-of-pediatric-brain-1J4yTkHXBe
SP - 801
EP - 811
VL - 23
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -