Breast Cancer and the Workforce: Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life (BCW)

Inclusion Criteria:

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 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, patients must be able to give
consent in English or Spanish. At Bellevue Hospital Center and Woodhull Medical and
Mental Health Center patients must be able to give consent in Chinese, English or
Spanish.

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)

Exclusion Criteria:

- N/A