Benefits Think Breast cancer patients not just surviving, but thriving: RTW rates more than double

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Here is some truly wonderful news to mark October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month: New research from Unum reveals that return-to-work rates for people on short-term disability claims due to breast cancer more than doubled from 2001 to 2007, rising from 28.8% to 59.4%.

In cases of long-term disability, the rates rose more than 6%, from 47% to 53.6%.


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