“Return to work after cancer” seminar | 19 November 2021
How to improve the return to work after cancer? This year, the SHS network of the Cancéropôle Grand-Ouest and the SIRIC ILIAD organised an online seminar dedicated to the return to work after cancer, on 19 November.
Every day, 1,000 people learn that they have cancer. Among them, 400 work, which makes the question of returning to work or staying at work a major societal issue.
The Cancéropole Grand Ouest (CGO) and the SIRIC ILIAD are both structures focused on cancer research and have a common theme: return to work. In view of their common theme, the SIRIC ILIAD and the SHS network of the CGO wanted to work together on the organisation of a seminar on “Return to work after cancer”.
Led by Bertrand Porro (Head of the CGO’s SHS network and researcher at SIRIC ILIAD), this seminar brought together nearly 50 people from all over France: researchers, doctors, associations, expert patients, human resources departments, etc., to discuss the issues involved.
(Re)Working after cancer: improving support for patients and companies
A first session focused on improving support for patients and companies, with presentations by 4 speakers:
- Marie Viseux, doctoral student in health psychology, “methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch” team (SPHERE) – INSERM UMR 1246, University of Nantes
- Norbert Têté Wilson, doctoral student in public health, “Epidemiology in Occupational Health and Ergonomics” team (Ester), IRSET – Inserm UMR 1085, University of Angers
- Géraldine De Blasi, psychologist, Rouen University Hospital
- Alexis Pittion, intern in medicine and occupational health, FASTRACS team, UMRESTTE, Claude Bernard University, Lyon
What are the current challenges of returning to work after cancer in a changing world?
The second session was dedicated to a round table discussion on the current challenges of returning to work after cancer. It brought together researchers, doctors and patient associations:
- Yves Roquelaure, Head of the “Epidemiology in Occupational Health and Ergonomics” team (Ester), IRSET – Inserm UMR 1085, University of Angers & CHU of Angers
- Marion Lamort-Bouché, Associate Professor of General Medicine, Research on Healthcare Performance Laboratory (RESHAPE), Claude Bernard University Lyon
- Laétitia Rollin, head of the consultation on returning to work after cancer in the occupational pathology department of the Rouen University Hospital and researcher in occupational health, University of Rouen
- Danièle Piat, in charge of the Lig’Entreprises mission, Loire Atlantique Cancer League
All the presentations, followed by rich discussions, provided an opportunity to debate the research and points of view of each actor involved in the return to work after cancer, in order to move forward together on the issues surrounding this theme.
