Impairment-driven cancer rehabilitation: An essential component of quality care and survivorship

摘要: Adult cancer survivors suffer an extremely diverse and complex set of impairments, affecting virtually every organ system. Both physical psychological impairments may contribute to a decreased health-related quality life should be identified throughout the care continuum. Recent evidence suggests that more have reduced as result than due ones. Research has also demonstrated majority will significant these often go undetected and/or untreated, consequently in disability. Furthermore, disability is leading cause distress this population. The scientific literature shown rehabilitation improves pain, function, survivors. In fact, efforts can ameliorate (including cognitive) at stage along course treatment. This includes prehabilitation before treatment commences multimodal interdisciplinary during after acute Rehabilitation appears cost-effective reduce both direct indirect health costs, thereby reducing enormous financial burden cancer. Therefore, it critical are screened for then referred appropriately trained professionals. review impairment-driven model screening treating all continuum order minimize maximize life.