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Women being treated for stage I-III breast cancer who were employed prior to this diagnosis will be recruited in their physicians' offices.

Peer controls will be nominated by participants in the breast cancer survivor group or recruited by community outreach and matched for age, language, and ethnicity. This cohort is no longer recruiting.

Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire at baseline, and then one at follow up, 3-4 months after treatment completion. The patient will be contacted one and two years after the completion of their follow up questionnaire for a brief one-question survey regarding current employment status. A member of the study team will call a subset of patients who have completed both baseline and follow-up surveys to clarify responses to previous questions. Patients will be considered lost to follow- up if surveys A or C have not been completed two years from the participant's consent date (participants who enroll but do not complete survey A are not prompted for survey C). Deviations will not be filed until the end of the study, as there are opportunities over the course of study follow- up to collect previously missing information.

survey web-based or telephone interview

Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire at baseline, and then one at follow up, 3-4 months after treatment completion. All three follow-up contact methods (email, postcard, call) contain the same question regarding current employment status with minor modifications in formatting. However, the employment question asked in all three follow-up contact methods is shown in the Postcard_Template document. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic study staff will be working from home. Therefore, calls will be made via MSK-approved platforms (e.g. Jabber, etc.). Participants who express concerns or request assistance related to COVID-19 will be referred to publicly available resources as needed (e.g., call 311 for access to health care or food panties, etc.) and will be noted in internal tracking logs. The data collected for these internal tracking logs will be managed through a REDCap database.

Victoria Blinder, M.D., M.Sc.

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.

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

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

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life	NCT01134172	Breast Cancer	survey web-base... survey web-base...	18 Years - 64 Years	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life	NCT01134172	Breast Cancer	survey web-base... survey web-base...	18 Years - 64 Years	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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