Research
LiveWorkCancer’s services and programs have been developed and designed based on lived experience and research from Australia and across the globe.
We keep abreast of research and the experience of others to improve the support we provide to people working with cancer and employers supporting cancer patients and survivors.
References
1. Cancer in Australia 2019, Summary - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aihw.gov.au) 2019
2. Cancer in Australia 2017 , Data - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aihw.gov.au) 2017
3. Bates, N.; et al. Labour force participation and the cost of lost productivity due to cancer in Australia - PubMed (nih.gov) 2018
4. Tiedtke, C. M.; et al. Employers' experience of employees with cancer: trajectories of complex communication - PubMed (nih.gov) 2017
Bibliography
Australian Institute Health and Welfare (AIHW). Cancer in Australia 2021.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Cancer incidence projections - Australia, 2011 to 2020. 2021
Bates, N.; et al. Labour force participation and the cost of lost productivity due to cancer in Australia. 2018
Désiron, H.; et al. Practice-Based Evidence to Support Return to Work in Cancer Patients. 2022
Lewis, J.; et al. Workforce participation of Australian women with breast cancer. 2020
Lewis, J.; et al. Cognitive changes after breast cancer: a scoping review to identify problems encountered by women when returning to work. 2021
Lyons, K.D.; et al. “The Last Thing You Have to Worry About”: A Thematic Analysis of Employment Challenges Faced by Cancer Survivors. International Journal of ERPH 2022
Mehnert, A.; et al. Employment and work-related issues in cancer survivors. 2011
Paul, C.; et al. The impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on employment, income, treatment decisions and financial assistance and their relationship to socioeconomic and disease factors. BMC Public Health 2016
Popa, A. E.; et al. Moving beyond the patients’ views on the process of return to work after cancer: A qualitative evidence synthesis on articles published between 2008 and 2017. 2021
Stergiou-Kita, M.; et al. The provision of workplace accommodations following cancer: survivor, provider, and employer perspectives. 2016
Articles
Bonnett, A.; et al. Cancer costs Australia nearly $2 billion per year in lost labour. The Conversation April 2018
Cancer At The Workplace – For The Diagnosed & Their Colleagues. 2022
Cancer Council. Creating cancer-friendly workplaces: A guide for managers and human resource professionals. 2019
Meister, A.; How Managers Can Support Employees with Chronic Illnesses 2021
Publicis Press Release, Publicis Foundation launches Working With Cancer to erase the stigma of cancer in the workplace. 2023
Subramaniam, A. Why Lived Experience Matters. 2021
The Conversation Cancer costs Australia nearly $2 billion per year in lost labour. 2018
Viseux, M.; et al. Enhancing Emotional Skills of Managers to Support the Return to Work of Cancer Survivors: A Research Opinion Focusing on Value, Feasibility and Challenges. 2022