EMPCAN
The EMPCAN study was a retrospective population-based cohort study, using data coming from three Belgian administrative registers to measure the scale of return-to-work after cancer and to identify the determining factors, allowing for the implementation of an adequate socio-professional support. It included socially insured Belgian workers aged 16–64 years, diagnosed in Belgium with breast, colorectal, lung, corpus uteri, prostate, head and neck, or testis cancer between 1st January 2004 and 31st December 2011.
Study design
Registry, Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
42,360 (participants)
Age at first data collection
16 – 64 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
Free University of Brussels (Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB)
Sciensano
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering, NIHDI)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Employer data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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