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Scientists identify rehabilitation recommendations in cancer-treatment guidelines – News-Medical.Net
Cancer treatment isn’t just a matter of shrinking or removing a tumor. It also involves preserving or improving the patient’s quality of life.
Cancer treatment isn’t just a matter of shrinking or removing a tumor. It also involves preserving or improving the patient’s quality of life.
Rehabilitation services–such as behavioral therapies to alleviate pain and exercise to reduce fatigue–are a valuable way to do that. But they often aren’t included in cancer patients’ plans of care.
“Rehabilitation has been an underdog in cancer treatment,” said Nicole Stout, a research assistant professor with the West Virginia University School of Public…
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