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Too few cancer patients referred to rehabilitation, experts find – Clinical Daily News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Less than 10% of cancer patients with demonstrated functional impairments are referred to rehabilitation, according to a systematic review of current guidelines….
Rehabilitation services are underutilized for cancer patients, an analysis of care guidelines has found.
Behavioral therapy to alleviate pain and exercise to reduce fatigue may help to improve cancer patients quality of life, for example. But these and other services often aren’t included in cancer patients’ plans of care, said Nicole L. Stout, DPT, of West Virginia University School of Public Health and WVU Cancer Institute.
A systematic review of current guidelines showed that less than 10% of…
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