Influencing factors on career choice and current occupation analysis of adult survivors of childhood cancer: a special focus on health-related occupations

Background Planning a career and choosing a profession is an important step in the future development to adolescence. Although cancer and the consequences of the disease have a high impact on the bio-psychosocial level, less is known concerning the profession prevalence of childhood cancer survivors. Therefore, major influencing factors on career choice and current occupations of former Austrian childhood cancer patients have been analysed, especially focusing on health-related occupations.