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The health care delivery system in the United States is challenged to meet the
needs of a growing population of cancer survivors.
A pressing need is to optimize
overall function and reduce disability in these individuals. Functional
impairments and disability affect most patients during and after disease
treatment. Rehabilitation health care providers can diagnose and treat patients'
physical, psychological, and cognitive impairments in an effort to maintain or
restore function, reduce symptom burden, maximize independence and improve
quality of life in this medically complex population. However, few care delivery
models integrate comprehensive cancer rehabilitation services into the oncology
care continuum. The Rehabilitation Medicine Department of the Clinical Center at
the National Institutes of Health with support from the National Cancer Institute
and the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research convened a subject
matter expert group to review current literature and practice patterns, identify
opportunities and gaps regarding cancer rehabilitation and its support of
oncology care, and make recommendations for future efforts that promote quality
cancer rehabilitation care.
The recommendations suggest stronger efforts toward
integrating cancer rehabilitation care models into oncology care from the point
of diagnosis, incorporating evidence-based rehabilitation clinical assessment
tools, and including rehabilitation professionals in shared decision-making in
order to provide comprehensive cancer care and maximize the functional
capabilities of cancer survivors. These recommendations aim to enable future
collaborations among a variety of stakeholders to improve the delivery of
high-quality cancer care.
CI - Copyright (c) 2016 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by
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