CELL Series: Stronger Through Every Stage: The Role of Cancer Rehabilitation

Cancer rehabilitation is an essential, yet often underutilized, component of comprehensive cancer care. Rehabilitation is not limited to recovery after treatment. Evidence shows that rehabilitation interventions before, during and after cancer treatment can improve physical function, reduce treatment-related side effects, enhance quality of life and help patients return to the activities that matter most. Early referral and timely intervention can also reduce complications, support treatment completion and improve long-term outcomes.

In this webinar, experts from the Cancer Rehab Group will explore how rehabilitation supports patients throughout the cancer care continuum. Participants will learn how prehabilitation prepares patients physically and emotionally before treatment begins, how rehabilitation during active treatment helps manage symptoms such as fatigue, neuropathy, swallowing difficulties and mobility limitations, and how targeted rehabilitation after treatment restores strength, function and independence. The session also will examine the role of rehabilitation in long-term survivorship, helping individuals maintain health, monitor late effects and continue living well after cancer treatment has ended.

Featuring Kaitlin Pennington, MS, CCC-SLP and Colleen Roach, MBA, MA, CCC-SLP, co-founders of Cancer Rehab Group

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Objectives:

• Describe the role of cancer rehabilitation across the continuum of care, from diagnosis through long-term survivorship.
• Explain how pre-habilitation before surgery, chemotherapy or radiation can improve physical readiness, reduce complications and support recovery.
• Identify common treatment-related impairments, including fatigue, neuropathy, lymphedema, swallowing dysfunction, pain and mobility limitations, that may benefit from rehabilitation during and after treatment.
• Recognize the importance of early referral to rehabilitation services and identify patients who may benefit from rehabilitation at different stages of cancer care.
• Discuss how rehabilitation supports long-term survivorship by improving function, promoting independence, addressing late effects of treatment and enhancing overall quality of life.