Cancer survivors in the United States: age, health, and disability.

By M. Hewitt, Julia H. Rowland, R. Yancik. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2003

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Subfields: Geriatrics and Gerontology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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In Geriatrics and Gerontology

1. S. Greenfield
2. E. Stovall
3. M. Hewitt
4. A. Mariotto

In Oncology

1. R. Siegel
2. A. Jemal
3. C. DeSantis
4. Elizabeth E. Ward
5. E. Stovall
6. S. Greenfield
7. S. Fedewa
8. M. Hewitt

In Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

1. S. Greenfield
2. E. Stovall
3. M. Hewitt
4. A. Jemal
5. Elizabeth E. Ward
6. R. Siegel

Citations in the corpus

• Quality of Life in Chronic Disease Patients (2013, background): “great amount of patients aged 45-60 years (55%) and 18-44 years old (39%).(28)”
• Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2012 (2012, background): “to have poorer emotional functioning, whereas an older age at diagnosis is often associated with poorer physical functioning.(153,154) Some survivors of childhood cancers have functional or cognitive impairments that impede their ability to complete their education and find employment, which in turn”
• From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition (2006, methodology): “…survivors of all ages.3 In an analysis of three years of NHIS data (1998 to 2000) limited to adults ages 18 to 64, nearly one in six individuals (17 percent) with a history of cancer reported that they were unable to work because of a physical, mental, or emotional problem (Hewitt et al., 2003).”
• Anticipating the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Prevalence Trajectories and Co-Morbidity Burden Among Older Cancer Survivors in the United States (2016, background): “In assessing the needs of older survivors, it is important to consider the increasingly common experience of cancer as a chronic disease (9).”
• Employment and work-related issues in cancer survivors. (2011, background): “Hewitt et al., 2003 [67] J Gerontol Comparison of health, disability and ability to work of adult cancer survivors and a control group without a history of cancer Cross-sectional, data from the National Health Interview Survey (1998–2000) General health status, psychological disability, limitations…”