Open AccessColorectal cancer rehabilitation review
Author(s) -
Chui-Lee Wong,
Henry HsinChung Lee,
Shih-Chang Chang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0425
pISSN - 2311-3006
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcrpr.2015.07.001
Subject(s) - prehabilitation , medicine , colorectal cancer , rehabilitation , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , cancer , physical activity , intensive care medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing
The purpose of this article was to present in a consolidated way the various issues associated with colorectal cancer care, many of which have already been widely surveyed and published. However, most clinicians probably neither recognize nor incorporate this clinically beneficial information into the routine care of their colorectal cancer patients. These issues include prehabilitation, fast-track rehabilitation, and the impacts of exercise and physical activity on patient functional capacity, quality of life, cancer recurrence and survival