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Cancer and its treatment can result in impairments that limit physical,
psychosocial, and cognitive functioning, interfering with patients' ability to
perform work-related functions. Because these work limitations can carry
significant personal and societal costs, there is a timely need to identify and
refer patients to cancer rehabilitation services to manage adverse consequences
of treatment and to preserve employment. Coordinated efforts in 3 key areas will
better connect patients to rehabilitation interventions that will help optimize
employment. These include the following: planning for the impact of cancer on the
ability to work; implementing routine screening for impairments and facilitating
referrals to cancer rehabilitation specialists; and focusing rehabilitation
interventions on preserving employment. Coordinated strategies are presented to
achieve these 3 goals, including the following: implementing changes to clinical
practice to routinely screen for impairments; working with oncology providers and
patients to better understand the benefits of cancer rehabilitation to facilitate
referrals and uptake; training more cancer rehabilitation providers to handle the
increased need; better coordination of care across providers and with employers;
and filling research gaps needed to proactively anticipate how cancer treatment
would affect work for a given patient and deploy personalized interventions to
preserve the ability to work.
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