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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 1;42(19):2239-2241.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00479. Epub 2024 May 9.

Addressing Disability in Cancer Survivors

Rachelle Brick  1 , Emily S Tonorezos  1
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Editorial

Addressing Disability in Cancer Survivors

Rachelle Brick et al. J Clin Oncol. .

Abstract

In the article that accompanies this editorial, Cao and colleagues present the prevalence and correlates of mobility and self-care disability from self-identified cancer survivors in the 2017–2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and show that over one quarter of cancer survivors reported a mobility disability. This work paves the way for research on the prevention, mitigation, and resolution of cancer-related disability, and emphasizes the importance of incorporating multi-level and multidimensional measures of disability in population research.

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Conflicts of interest: none

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