Thanks to improvement in therapies, the life expectancy of cancer patients has increased in recent years, together with the proportion of people of working age. Among the various problems related to the cancer experience (physical, psychological and social) there are the difficulty in returning to work and the decline in career prospects. This implication of the disease is very important as it is deeply linked to survivors’ quality of life after treatments.

An interesting event was organized on this theme, which will focus on the new challenges that cancer patients have to face, including the barriers associated with the returning to work. In this context, the work of SEPI on the impact of having an Head and Neck Cancer (HNSCC) on the weekly wage of employees in Italy will be presented. Furthermore, there will be the presentation of the WAVE-TRAPEZIO project and its website, dedicated specifically to this topic.

The event will be open to all types of professions, but a high percentage of healthcare professionals and university researchers are expected in the audience.