Cancer
Physiotherapists have strong knowledge and skills to deal with many of the functional problems that result from cancer treatment.
Rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy, should be integrated at the point of diagnosis to assess an individual's baseline functional performance status and inform the cancer care plan.
Physiotherapy has an important role in cancer care at all stages:
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Prevention
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Prehabilitation
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Cancer treatment
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Rehabilitation
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After cancer
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Advanced cancer
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The Europe Region of World Physiotherapy collaborates with the European Cancer Organisation and it is active in the following Focused Topic Networks:
This allows us to represent the role of oncological physiotherapy at European level and to collaborate with other health associations and organisations.
Find more information on the European Cancer Organisation here.
The Europe Region of World Physiotherapy works in collaboration with the International Physical Therapy for HOPE (IPT-HOPE) and their Special Interest groups.
Find more resources on Physiotherapy in Cancer on their website:
