Nonmedical Interventions to Enhance Return to Work for People With Cancer

Prakhya Bhatnagar, MD,

Anthony Day, MD,

TriStar Southern Hills Family Medicine Residency Program, Nashville, Tennessee

American Family Physician. 2024;110(6):574-575.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.

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