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Rehabilitation for Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma are susceptible to a wide range of functional, neurological, and musculoskeletal impairments throughout the course of the disease process. Due to these impairments that arise from both the disease and the treatment, rehabilitation serves an integral role in the multidisciplinary management of these patients from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, and into survivorship. Even in terminal stages of the disease, or in the case of metastatic disease, rehabilitation continues to play an active role and help preserve quality of life. While general cancer and musculoskeletal rehabilitation principles can be applied to patients with sarcomas, there are unique impairments that require specific interventions and attention during the rehabilitation process. The focus of this section is to review how rehabilitation fits into the treatment model for patients with sarcoma.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Sanjeev Agarwal M.D., Caitlin Cicone D.O., Paul A. Pipia M.D. & Aditya V. Maheshwari M.D.

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Agarwal, S., Cicone, C., Pipia, P.A., Maheshwari, A.V. (2017). Rehabilitation for Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma. In: Henshaw, R. (eds) Sarcoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43121-5_15

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