About 40% of cancer survivors suffer from depression or anxiety (3), and many experience fatigue and physical ailments including pain, lymphedema, sexual and cognitive problems (4).
That is why it is of paramount importance to provide cancer patients and survivors with rehabilitation services that support their quality of life beyond the acute treatment phase, addressing long-term and late effects, and integrating psychosocial considerations.
Well-designed rehabilitation services can greatly contribute to positive health, social and professional outcomes for cancer survivors, while also reducing long-term care needs and overall healthcare costs. Effective cancer rehabilitation is therefore not only beneficial to cancer survivors as individuals, but also to their community and to society at large.
