Unpaid Caregiving: What are the hidden costs?
Menée aux Etats-Unis par enquête après de 240 aidants familiaux ou bénévoles de patients atteints d'un cancer du pancréas ou d'un cancer péri-ampullaire traité par pancréatectomie, cette étude analyse l'absentéisme au travail, la perte de productivité professionnelle et les difficultés financières des aidants
The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 62,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and nearly 50,000 will die from the disease in 2022.1 Pancreatic cancer incidence is rising2 and prognosis is poor, leading pancreatic cancer to eclipse breast cancer to become the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States.3 Further, it is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer death by 2026.4 A treatment plan with pancreatectomy is the only hope of long-term survival (...)