'No such thing as a little bit of pain:' More cancer patients could benefit from rehabilitation

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IMAGE: Rehabilitation can preserve cancer patients' quality of life as they undergo and recover from treatment. But according to Nicole Stout--a researcher with the WVU School of Public Health and Cancer...
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Cancer treatment isn't just a matter of shrinking or removing a tumor. It also involves preserving or improving the patient's quality of life. Rehabilitation services--such as behavioral therapies to alleviate pain and exercise to reduce fatigue--are a valuable way to do that. But they often aren't included in cancer patients' plans of care.
"Rehabilitation has been an underdog in cancer treatment," said Nicole Stout, a research assistant professor with the West Virginia University School of Public Health and WVU Cancer Institute. "It hasn't been top of mind."

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