“…We asked each respondent about the factors affecting RTW [ 7 , 9 , 11 , 12 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]: sex, age of onset, stage of cancer, treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, and pharmacotherapy), number of years since the diagnosis, support from family and friends, consultation with others, use of peer support, employment status at diagnosis, informing the workplace that you have cancer, support from the workplace, provision of information on continued employment via the medical staff, and continued employment. In the current study, a leave of absence was treated as a continuation of employment in the same workplace.…”