Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how being treated for breast cancer affects patients' employment, financial situation, and quality of life on a short-term basis and on a long term basis. Most studies of employment after breast cancer have focused on Caucasian women.This study will evaluate the impact of breast cancer on the lives of women from different ethnic groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01134172

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

935

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2027-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Breast cancer survivors
• Pathologic diagnosis of stage I-III breast cancer
• Paid employment (full time or part time) at time of consent or in the three months prior to diagnosis
• Age 18 to 64 years (inclusive)
• The ability to give informed consent in Chinese (Mandarin), English, Korean, or Spanish.at MSK, New York Presbyterian Queens and Queens Medical Associates At NYC Health \& Hospitals/ Lincoln Medical Center, patients must be able to give consent in English or Spanish.
• At the time of enrollment, participants must still be undergoing chemotherapy, undergoing radiation therapy, or planning surgery unless surgery is to be the only treatment modality. Those for whom treatment consists of surgery alone may have had their operation no more than 2 months prior to study enrollment. Participants need not have undergone surgical reconstruction prior to enrollment if the plan is to delay this procedure until after primary treatment is completed.
• Comparison group
• Paid employment (full time or part time) at the time of consent
• Age 18 to 64 years (inclusive) and within an age range that is 5 years above or below that of the nominating or matched survivor
• The ability to give informed consent in the same language as the nominating survivor
• Membership in the same ethnic group as the nominating survivor
• Not treated for cancer in the past year (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)

You may not qualify if…

• N/A

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth — Middletown, New Jersey, United States
• Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center — Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack — Commack, New York, United States
• Queens Medical Associates — Fresh Meadows, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester — Harrison, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering at Ralph Lauren — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Bellevue Hospital Center — New York, New York, United States
• New York Presbyterian Queens — Queens, New York, United States
• NYC Health & Hospitals /Lincoln Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau — Uniondale, New York, United States

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