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One in three Japanese people experience cancer in his/her lifetime. However, patients diagnosed with cancer are facing difficult experiences in regard to employment, such as resignation, transfer to other work and decrease in total income. On the other hand, cancer patients need to take care of the increased medical costs for their cancer treatment. This is a serious problem for those who live with cancer. Ms. Naomi Sakurai, who is a breast cancer survivor herself, will raise this issue as a discussion topic for the seminar and discuss what we should think about and how we should cope with this issue. She will share the results of the survey she recently conducted of working generation Japanese cancer patients.
Naomi Sakurai: Born in 1967
President of Cancer Solutions, Chairman of the Board of the HOPE Project (NPO),
Chairman of the Board of the CSR Project
Diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2004. Based on her experiences as a cancer patient, she started patient-support activities for cancer survivors and their families in 2005.
Joined the Healthcare and Social Policy Leadership Program at Tokyo University in 2007. She published ?Proposal for supporting employment of cancer survivors? as a group leader for the research project.
Event Detail
Tue, Sep 04, 2012
Events
04:30pm - 06:00pm
Designing Your Career After Surviving Cancer - Can Patients be Considered Innovators of Japanese Society? (Kansai Event, Simultaneous Interpretation Available)
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Fri, Aug 31, 2012
Speaker: Naomi Sakurai (President , Cancer Solutions K.K. )
Hosting Committee(s): Kansai - External Affairs
Venue: AstraZeneca K.K. MAP
Member Fee: ¥3000
Guest Fee: ¥3900
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