title: Postacute Care in Cancer Rehabilitation.
abstract: Acute care is usually associated with disease progression, treatments for cancer, and medical comorbidities. Patients with cancer may develop sudden functional deficits that require rehabilitation. Some of these patients benefit from acute rehabilitation, others benefit from subacute rehabilitation. After acute rehabilitation, continuous care for these patients has not been well described. Three studies are presented to demonstrate that cancer rehabilitation is a continuous process. Rehabilitation professionals should know how to detect fall risk, monitor symptoms, and render symptom management. Patients with cancer often require rehabilitation services during their entire disease trajectory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1414, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: yguo@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1414, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Jack B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Diseases, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camp
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1414, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Ki Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Shi-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Corrona Research Foundation, Albany, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1414, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D019467:Subacute Care
keywords: Cancer; Function; Outpatient; Rehabilitation; Symptom management