Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with cancer?
For patients newly diagnosed with cancer, getting in better physical and mental shape before starting treatment can improve outcomes and reduce complications, according to a new study.
In the August 2013 edition of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the study states, " A growing body of evidence supports preparing newly diagnosed cancer patients for and optimizing their health before starting acute treatments," write Drs. Julie K. Silver and Jennifer Baima of Harvard Medical School.
Their article, titled Cancer Prehabilitation: An Opportunity to Decrease Treatment-Related Morbidity, Increase Cancer Tretment Option, and Improve Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes, is the first comprehensive review of the topic.
"There is a rather long and impressive history of using prehabilitation to improve orthopedic surgical outcome, " Dr. Silver comments. "Our new review shows that there is a unique opportunity to help many people who have been newly diagnosed with cancer to improve their physical and emotional outcomes.
CLICK HERE to read more on the Cancer Prehab 101 program.
For patients newly diagnosed with cancer, getting in better physical and mental shape before starting treatment can improve outcomes and reduce complications, according to a new study.
In the August 2013 edition of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the study states, " A growing body of evidence supports preparing newly diagnosed cancer patients for and optimizing their health before starting acute treatments," write Drs. Julie K. Silver and Jennifer Baima of Harvard Medical School.
Their article, titled Cancer Prehabilitation: An Opportunity to Decrease Treatment-Related Morbidity, Increase Cancer Tretment Option, and Improve Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes, is the first comprehensive review of the topic.
"There is a rather long and impressive history of using prehabilitation to improve orthopedic surgical outcome, " Dr. Silver comments. "Our new review shows that there is a unique opportunity to help many people who have been newly diagnosed with cancer to improve their physical and emotional outcomes.
CLICK HERE to read more on the Cancer Prehab 101 program.
