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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 10, 822-825, May 19, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Americans With Disabilities Act: Do Cancer Patients Qualify as Disabled?

Katherine Arnold

Phyllis Ellison, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 1993, had a lumpectomy and underwent daily radiation treatment from mid-September through October of that year. Although she continued to work at a software supply company in Texas throughout her radiation treatment, she spent fewer hours in the office, skipping her lunch and taking work home to compensate.

Ellison had no way of knowing then that her illness would later open up the door to a large-scale debate in the federal court system about the definition of disability and if cancer is always included in that definition.

As she struggled through her treatment and to balance her work schedule, Ellison faced added stress from her supervisor. According to court documents, when she told her supervisor she needed a modified work schedule to accommodate her radiation treatments, he suggested that she "get a mastectomy instead because her breasts were not worth . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Who Is Disabled?

Legislative History

ADA at Work


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