Seminars in oncology nursing
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Semin Oncol Nurs
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Review Meta Analysis
Cancer prehabilitation and its role in improving health outcomes and reducing health care costs.
To examine the current state of cancer prehabilitation care and the impact that it may have on health-related and financial outcomes. ⋯ Nurses, and particularly navigators, have an opportunity to significantly impact care through patient screening, prehabilitation assessments, documentation of baseline patient status and, in some cases, especially when impairments are not present at baseline, provide interventions designed to improve physical and psychological health before the start of upcoming oncology treatments and reduce the likelihood of patients developing future impairments.