Rehabilitation and the older cancer patient.
Older persons with cancer can often benefit from rehabilitative care. Rehabilitation may be of benefit to the patient whether or not their malignancy is curable. Rehabilitative programs must be tailored to the patient's abilities, endurance, prognosis, and individual goals.
Nusbaum
Neil J
NJ
Department of Medicine, University of Medicine College of Medicine at Rockford, IL 61107, USA. nnusbaum@uic.edu
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care