cancer rehabilitation

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Introduction

Issues:

Rehabilitation settings:

  • during primary oncologic treatment
  • during outpatient status
  • intensive inpatient rehabilitation
    • comparable functional gains to non-cancer patients
    • higher interruption of rehabilitation care
  • poor prognosis not exclusionary

Bony metastatic disease

Special considerations

More general terms

References

  1. Genova, A, UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine & Board Review, Marina Del Ray, CA, Sept 12-15, 2001