A systematic review of rehabilitation and exercise recommendations in oncology guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Guidelines promote high quality cancer care. Rehabilitation recommendations in oncology guidelines have not been characterized and may provide insight to improve integration of rehabilitation into oncology care. This report was developed as a part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Rehabilitation 2030 initiative to identify rehabilitation-specific recommendations in guidelines for oncology care. A systematic review of guidelines was conducted. Only guidelines published in English, for adults with cancer, providing recommendations for rehabilitation referral and assessment or interventions between 2009 and 2019 were included. 13840 articles were identified. After duplicates and applied filters, 4897 articles were screened. 69 guidelines were identified with rehabilitation-specific recom

SUBMITTER: Stout NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7988887 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature