Working with Advanced Cancer

Many people with advanced cancer still want to work. A new study finds that about one-third of patients with metastatic cancer, under age 65, continue to work. Dr. Michael Hassett, a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston who wasn't involved in the study, said that “[p]atients may continue to work because they have to maintain their income and/or health care insurance coverage. Others may get a sense of normalcy from working, they enjoy their jobs, or they benefit from the time they spend with co-workers.” Dave Benton, pictured above, anchored WCIA news until a few days before he died with brain cancer. He-- and others who work through terminal cancer-- inspire us, as do their generous employers. For more, read here.