Similarly, the employer can contact the employee to check on return dates or possible extension of leave. As in the OâDonnell case above, it also is acceptable to contact the employee to negotiate terms or conditions of employment to help the employee transition back to work.
Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women. Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. About 11% of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than 45 years of age.
1 Less than 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it. 2  About 5-10% of breast cancers can be linked to gene mutations (abnormal changes) inherited from oneâs mother or father.3  Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common. For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer. 2  Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. 3  In 2015, it's estimated that just under 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancers.